Hi, yes, those "conditions" add up to my life. However, I was touched by the art muse at 15 and it gave me a way to express my craziness. My parents had the assets to send me to a university where I was to become an art teacher, a compromise. It was a struggle, but art, education, and family has been my focus. I was fortunate to grow up in LA and attended many find theatre and symphony concerts and developed a great connection to beautiful music. The arts really moved me through life. What touchs your daughters soul? In my later years, I have retired from making art, but am interested in massage. When living near Albuquerque NM a few years ago, I would go to a very good massage school and found many of the students had some background with the arts. Another words, the right brain. We just have a very left brain society, and for us wholistic types we are just suited for a different way of seeing. But who knows. the mechanical era is over and we are moving into uncharted territory. Just love. Christs Love sustains me; human capacities are enlarged and perfected as the human gains true light from God. I can't imagine functioning without a spiritual practice. Sometimes it takes the form of action such as feeding the poor. (those are some of my art work) Finding what works is essential for all of us.