Notes from an obsessive/compulsive butterfly

I can’t think of any other profession that requires quite such a wide range of abilities and skills: an artist needs more than just their talent: we need to be adept at marketing, financial management, and at least some ability to present a sound ‘business’ case; we need self motivation, dedication, specialist technical skills (as well as the ability to learn new skills at the drop of a hat), and – uniquely, I think, the need to constantly conceive and develop new ‘product’.