Why coming back after a long time was easier than I thought

I will never forget my first temping job in an office – simple things like turning on a photocopier made me feel overwhelmed. And here I am, walking back into my studio, and those first few days feels daunting. What if I can’t remember how to paint? What if everything I make looks awful? There is a real fear that this was the only thing I thought I was good at and what if actually this doesn’t work out? What was my plan B? Technology and life have moved on – I need to learn a lot and quickly. What I find is that there is so much support on social media. I signed up to Alice Sheridan’s Connected Artists – asked my son to set me up with an art Instagram account, and spent weeks reading all the support and advice on these platforms. There are some amazingly helpful, wonderful souls out there.