I could never envision the answer when they asked me…
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Because I always associated that question with work…
After dropping out of high school and working at menial jobs I realized I wanted to be an artist… Regardless of the fact that I processed no artistic talent.
So I became an artist.


Then I wanted to write.
So I became a writer and after some time I stopped worrying about whether there was an audience or not.
In this, the lost year of 2020; I have finished my first novel and have started my second. I am finally pleased with my paintings and have put in my 10,000 hours in both.
Dennis Mantin