VCSquirrel

I came across the following written by Andrew Klavan: "Some people will tell you that quality in art is all a matter of taste but they're wrong. Shakespeare is better than Ian Fleming, whether audiences think so or not. And yet the recognition of greatness in art is capricious. Some great art is for intellectuals and goes over the head of the common man, some great art is for the common man and is dismissed by intellectuals out of snobbery, some great art is lost to view by chance or personal foibles (crazy Van Gogh only ever managed to sell one painting in his lifetime, kooky Kafka left most of his work unfinished and unpublished), and some

My grandmother was an artist.   My father was an artist.   I guess it was inevitable... For 30 years I've created mostly ink on paper drawings that my friends describe as "surreal and trippy".  They are small, easy to hide drawings.  I spent those 30 years in the U. S. Air Force doing all manner of things and only a select few knew of my hidden talent.  I kept it that way until I met and became friends with Mick.  Mick has this way about him.  When we talk and our eyes meet I can tell he's sizing me up.  Mick has a psych degree to help him with the sizing. One day, Mick discovers my talent.  His words motivated me in a way different from