I am an artist in this lifetime. I'm quiet, sometimes painfully shy (I was never one of the popular girls...). I don't like small talk, but I love digging in to what life is all about. Currently being humbled by the aging process, I nevertheless experience flashes, even drawn out moods, of strong emotion related to childhood. They can be just as uncomfortable now as they were when they originated. The way I deal with my discomfort is to draw and paint.