I consider my identity as an artist to be constant. I view the world with the eyes of the artist, and this affects how I move and interact within it. While being an artist is conjunct with being human, I only consider myself a writer when I'm writing. The written language is something completely different then imagery, sights, spaces, sounds, sensations, and relationships. On the other hand, I find that writing is actually quite similar to painting. There are processes, planning, sebacks, scraping down and building up, fine turining, layering and buliding. Just as an artist never lays down a masterpiece upon approaching a blank canvas, a writ