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Either you got a life or you don't got a life. As long as you can function in society, work and earn money you got a life, no matter how it is. But if you loose that, then you are in trouble. And for having a hard time, almost all real art is created by people who suffer; it is the very nutrient that makes the flower grow. It is not difficult to see looking at your gallery that here is one who have the fire, someone who wants deeply and strong to be an artist. Not like the majority who 'play’, for fun. Have you not seen Michelangelo's David? According to the art historian Kenneth Clark it represents 'Rejection of Convenience'. To be immortal in history, that is the goal. Happiness is not enough!