'I Was an Artistic Golden Boy But I Never Achieved My Dreams!'

Stop beating yourself up with other people's crudely designed weapons.

Abandoned Easel No. 2 (1943) by Helen Lundeberg

Hey Polly.

I was an artistic golden boy. Even as a little kid I was dripping with talent in every aspect of the arts, whether visual, performing, writing, whatever. All my teachers, friends and extended family talked about how they just couldn’t wait to see me hit the big time after I left our little Midwest…