In mid-life many of us start asking ourselves questions like “Who am I ?” and “This was it ?”. So did I in my mid-40's. Ten years ago I had left my native Finland and my identity as a professional, a veterinarian. That was what and who I had been. Now I was my husband’s wife moving around the world without a real purpose in life. And I had this funny feeling that I wanted to create something with my hands. When we moved to California in 2006 I saw an ad in the local paper about a drawing class. That was a start of...more
