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savvy. We can create advertisements and work the internet for prospects. We can weld, design, we know how to move heavy material, and we are practical engineers. All of this means job prospects in other arenas, if we determine we can’t go on any longer. But I suspect the vast majority of us will not quit. Do you remember how you made a living before you became a full time sculptor? Gas station attendant,     contractor, ambulance attendant, forestry worker, I did all of this and more after art school, just so that I could maintain a studio.


Of course nothing stays the same. Even these turbulent times will pass sooner or later. How  times? I would be interested in hearing from sculptors who have found a path through this ongoing dilemma. How have you dealt with         a professional? Will you continue regardless? What are the solutions that you have arrived at? Perhaps you have a story that would be an inspiration to your fellow readers.


In the meantime enjoy your sculptural passion where you can. Find spiritual solace in your life’s work; you have invested much of your life right here. Find what you can do to support your


fellow sculptors. Start a sculpture symposium or sculpture walk in your community. Make a sculpture garden. Especially, make more sculpture!


With a passion for form,


Jock Hildebrand Sculptor / senior editor


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