Thanks!

also I am all for encouraging you to make art especially because it makes you happy. Here I am working on photos from the PNW/worldcon trip and it makes me happy to create art. That's a solid reason to do it.

Honestly, I think if I had to do art for a living the fascination would die.

Yes, but I want to be good enough to 👀

You are, Catie. You're just Imposter Syndroming right now.

Okay, then what I want is to be good enough by my standards for myself to think I could make a living at it? :)

I've thought about that...would I even want to be a professional photographer, and the answer is, no. It's a hobby, it's a passionate hobby. But not a career.