Hm, that’s how I wanted to compose the first panel, but in so doing I’ve made myself left-handed (which I’m not). Ah well, take some points off my creative licence.
As for the last panel, it’s a tricky balance, finding the free time to do the creative work I like to do, but also not feeling like I have to produce things all the time — that it’s okay to just rest.
I was thinking about that this week, how I’m jealous of people like my husband who just do their work without this feeling like they have to get somewhere with it, to get famous or any of that bunkum. At this point, that’s not what I’m after, but in any of the creative arts, I feel that’s the standard we’re held to: “Oh, would I have heard of you? Is your work acclaimed/in shops/in galleries?”
Nobody ever says, “Oh, are you a famous dentist?”