All love is saying yes to something.
My parents flew in to be in the audience of the concert.
Wouldn’t have been the same without them.
Every artist should be lucky enough to have support like that. Relentlessly affirming, instantly encouraging, endlessly participating, radically accepting. That’s the kind of support system that makes or breaks an artist.
Growing up, we seven grandchildren were never met with tilted heads. Whatever artistic endeavors we pursued, whatever magnificent obsessions we turned our brains over to, there wasn’t an elder in the room who wasn’t on board at a moment’s notice.
And that’s the reason each of us went on to have unique and interesting and meaningful creative lives.
What are the characteristics of the most supportive possible environment you can think of for your own creative work?