A dear friend passed this quote along to me. I think it was from the Zen of Creativity? It spoke to my very being as I'm working out the transition from full-time artist to full-time mom.
"The signature of artists is not what they do, but in
how intense their motivation is to manifest the extraordinary...doing what you do in such a way that you
create an emotional field that inspires others...a need to express yourself
so much that your well-being is wrapped up in this energy."