Thank you. You said this so much better than I ever could.

I am a creative: I write, I knit, I make jewelry, I draw. Since none of the above will feed me and pay my bills at this point, I work.

What I think is that it should not be so difficult to support oneself that one does not have any time to create. But I do think that if I am going to take up space on this earth it is my responsiblity to maintain myself, and not that of my friends or my country's government.