I used to say it with pride. Maybe too much pride. But, whatever. I now say it as a statement of fact: I am an artist. It is something that I have learned about myself over the years.
Whether you know it or not, I am an artist. Whether anyone in the world pays me for my art or not, I am an artist. Whether I am or am not introduced as a poet who writes music and plays a little guitar and even has a few paintings and drawings, I am an artist. I am that poet. Heck, in my mind, I am also that poem, that song, those paintings and drawings. I am those things, too.
Whether I tell you or not; whether you see it in my eyes or can tell after a little while or not; whether you believe it, acknowledge me as such or not, guess what?
That's totally cool. It's not on you to tell me who or what I am, or to care. But, I'm just saying, because it finally sunk in and feels kind of good: I'm an artist.
I'm an artist, I'm an artist.
It's fucking beautiful, I'm gonna go write a song about it.
