How could you live and have no story to tell? — Fyodor Dostoevsky In the end, we all become stories. — Margaret Atwood - Lisa Congdon

the way to develop skill is to do the same thing over and over until you are able to do it with some amount of ease.

I create what I want to see.

With rare exceptions, we become who we become as artists because we are influenced by other artists, not despite that fact. No idea is completely original, and being influenced by the work of other creative people and movements is part of the process of finding your voice.