Inspired? Avoiding chores & work?

I have been stalking blogs for months, circling around people I dig or admire from a distance... maybe it is time for me to make myself known? This week a seven year old laughed when i said I had to get something for my work. "you don't have a job". I said my beads were my job and she said in an overly patient tone "you didn't get hired by a boss who pays you". Then we had a driving-in-a-car discussion about how I created my job from doing something I love, when people like what i make they buy my work and then I get paid, blah blah blah. Looking at my work thru the eyes of a child is really making me take an unflinching look at my role in work force. Over the past two years, the economy has really effected life on the craft/art show circuit-- sales are off significantly so is that a reflection of the times or of my work? When people who have straight jobs are laid off, the common notion is that thru no fault of their own, they are victimized by a rough economy--for people like me, the 'squint' is that i must not be clever or talented enough. That if I worked harder or were more special, then my business would flourish.

This month I have orders for thousands of dollars. Great gallery orders but shows are remain weak. I shouldn't complain and James rolls his eyes when I worry outloud. I prob should just go work and ship my orders and shake off comments from a seven year old who thinks my work is silly and my mother who is constantly asking me if I am preparing for retirement.....

I saw Julie & Julia today and her blogging inspired me to start my own. Art influencing art.