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Old 08-24-2007, 01:38 PM   #4
Jeff Fuchs Jeff Fuchs is offline
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Many an artist speaks fondly of his days selling sketches on the street, modeling for extra cash, and sleeping on a mattress on the floor. As a very young man, you have advantages that the rest of us don't. I'm not a candidate for living on a boat or sharing an apartment with six people, but you are.

In other words, find any means, by hook or crook, to go to one of those academies. Every sacrifice you make will be a great story you'll tell when you're my age. Trust me on this, I've been working a civil service job for 20 years, and I often regret not doing whatever it took to stay in art. Marriage brought responsibilities, which meant getting a "real job" and postponing a dream.

Find a way!
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