It’s a delicious feeling to know I’ve misled everyone…out of preservation. The artist in me has been depleted and ultimately exiled to the margins of my life. Let’s get to the heart of the matter and why this rant and behind-the-scenes of the artist’s life are important to share. But if the world ends, if war breaks out, if I vanish, the work I’m writing is what I’d like to leave behind. And for the first time, I know I’m living the artist’s life the way I should.