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| My son, drawn using a ball-point pen with my left hand as he lay on my right arm. |
I have a confession to make - I haven't painted a single brush stroke for about three months now. Since the arrival of our son, our lives have changed dramatically. I see the world though my new 'parent' spectacles in which everything is labelled either 'possible' or 'would take an enormous amount of energy and logistics and down-prioritising lots of other things to get done'.
It's easy to say 'I just don't have time anymore' but that's not the truth. In reality it's about priorities since the amount of time is the same. My son and my wife always come first, that's easy, then there's my job, since we have to pay the bills. Then there are obligatory events where the downsides of saying 'no' are more than saying 'yes'. I've also read that sleep is necessary to avoid death.
After all that, there is very little time left. I'm hoping that this situation is temporary and that experience will open up more 'free' time. Although I've heard that it just gets harder the older they get...
I wonder how many producing artists there are out there who have young kids? How do you do it?

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