A Vision

I thought about the end of my life and said, 'Okay, if I was at the end of my life and I didn't need to make money and I had no responsibility, what would I do?' I wanted to paint animals. I knew that I would be so happy painting animals. I knew there were so many of them that I would never run out. I decided to sit down and start painting spirit animals. Before I painted spirit animals, I needed to switch out of that perfectionist mindset of graphic design, and I decided to paint magical creatures first. I chose magical creatures because no one could tell me what a Bigfoot looks like or what was right. So I decided, okay, let me really let my imagination come through. Let me paint things that I want to paint. It was the first time in my career, in my life, I got to choose a subject. When I was at my lowest point in life, when I didn't know what was next, I reminded myself that my future was so bright that I couldn't see it. The future that I am living right now is so good that it's beyond what I was able to perceive for myself. When I was at my lowest point, I knew there was something better. I just did not know what it was.