making a living vs making a life

or "can you earn money from your art?" (and is that even the right question?)

from mum’s notes: a copy she made in the textile room at the V&A of a cotton roller-print from 1834, the birds are taken from Audobon’s Birds of America 1827-30.

Here is the best advice I ever received about making a living in a creative field. It’s the best advice I’ve ever heard about it, actually. I got this from my mum. If you are an artist, this is …