Thank you to every one offering encouragement!
There is really no other pursuit of interest to me. More exactly, there is nothing else I think I am suited to do. I think I am driven enough and excited enough and just slightly obsessive compulsive enough and self-absorbed enough to make a good go of it, but I don't network very well given my introverted nature and thus, don't do very well at making my art visible. I am NOT a business minded person, nor do I have the finances available to hire an agent. Galleries kill me with their fees!
Maybe I am rudely curious, but I would love to know your individual stories of how you got to where you are or how you are going along the way...If you would be so kind to share your philosophy or your concrete step by step plan....I would be very interested and grateful to hear.