By E. Vincent
from Union Beach, NJ
When I was a kid I had true, unadulterated dreams and goals, and as most children I was easily swayed from those goals and dreams by the wise words of hard working people, who warned me that if I wanted to be an artist, I'd be a starving artist and I'd need to get a real job. Needless to say, while my drive didn't change, I changed my direction and my dreams of being an artist and writer were buried deep and replaced with new 'real job' goals.