The Apple Tree

I'm done downplaying my artist. Are you?

Now that I look back at my life, it was so obvious that I've carried a captive artist with me most of my life. I've let her out as a hobby and even then, she unleashes

I'm an artist because I AM. What formal label or event was I waiting for to validate me? I thought it was others', but turns out I was craving self-validation. Now that I got it, you can't tell me nothin'!

'Official', 'Professional', 'Amateur', NO. You're an artist when you have something to show for and even when you don't. Is an apple tree any less an apple tree when there aren't any apples on its branches? Now, everyone else may not recognize the apple tree without the fruit, but a healthy apple tree can't help but produce its fruit.

So, my dear Apple Tree, are you willing to believe in your identity even when there's no fruit to show for it… yet?