Then, after many years of creative nothingness, came a moment of inspiration. I happened across an episode of ‘Faking It’ on TV one evening and the supposedly untalented and untrained ‘would be’ artist managed to get away with it. Not only did he get away with it, he did very nicely out of his creations too. So, I reasoned that if he could do it, then with the smattering of talent that I have, so can I. After all, who needs qualifications and Art Degrees when you have determination, self-belief and desire? And being a product of the Punk generation, the attitude still stands firm - stuff the rules, just do it.
This attitude also coincided with reaching a particular age in life, that age where one looks back on previous achievements and reflects… and upon reflection it was true to say that there wasn’t an awful lot looking back at me. I then had to consider what lay ahead. Not a lot, it seemed.

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