I'd say the hardest part of what an artist has to endure is starting his/her own projects despite being unemployed and afraid about the future. Not all of us have rich mommies and daddies to keep up afloat :D

Thank you Pamela!!! by reading the article, I felt like you were describing exactly all the same excuses over and over I have had. I will give myself one hour a day to start one of my projects.

One of the most difficult aspects in my opinion an artist has, is to trust him-herself, to trust what you are doing, to trust your project, your life project, to confront fears by taking action.

Keep dreaming of the impossible and make it happen.

Thanks again.

Ruy Lopez

Edison had many people working for him but he was the one who filed the patents.

Ironically, Edison didn't invent the lightbulb, or many of his other inventions.

He stole the design from Joseph Swan and William Sawyer respectively, and later paid a heavy price legally for his larceny - in fact he had a long career filled with fraud, exploitation and other underhanded tactics.

The real lesson would be, it seems, to make sure you're the guy running the company and putting your name on the patent forms...