It hasn’t been a straightforward process, far from it. The long, meandering journey of creating this resource changed me as a person, and completely transformed me as an artist. It helped me in ways I knew I needed, and also guided me in directions I couldn’t have foreseen. (A few points before the full story begins below) Along the way I learnt the following: Resilience . Over the course of 2+ years I picked this project up and put it down several times, sometimes stagnating

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