I love artists. Artists are awesome.

That I don’t want to make art anymore should not be construed as a recommendation for others. Even if I want to do something else, my admiration for those who do make art knows no bounds. It’s bigger than it ever was.

One of the less glorious reasons why I don’t want to make art any more, is that I don’t think I’m very good at it. And, for a change, I would like to try something that perhaps I can be good at, or of which it doesn’t matter so much whether one is good at it.

Contrary to my younger self, I do not wish the extinction of contemporary art. I wish for artists to keep trying, to keep pushing. I’ll just be one of those people who stands on the sidelines now, cheering them on, expressing my admiration without really being involved.