By Diana Baur

Sometimes leading a self-determined life leads you to things you never would have anticipated.  It’s one thing to think about making the jump.  Planning it.  Saving for it.  Attempting to minimize the risk side.  Listening to those who have gone before.  Pledging to stay true to yourself.  All of that and more.  Those things are one thing.

Doing it is an entirely different matter.

Choosing to be an artist, and to invest in your business, and dedicating yourself completely to the cause of supporting yourself through your craft is one way of taking a plunge into the unknown.  Selling the silver to build the business you have been dreaming of for years is another.  Moving to a foreign country and scratching a living out of whatever you find there – yet another.  There... More...