It's very odd, for the longest time I thought that I was self motivated but now after a year and a half away from my family & friends I find it hard to step things up. I guess it's time to start doing it for my own reasons as opposed to trying to live up to the expectations of those I care for. If the source of my advancement is an outside influence that I can't control or at least guide, be it family, friends, the quest for social godhood or one of countless thousands of things, then I put my progress in the the hands of others, and if the source of my strengths are those same things then solitude is my Kryptonite and these thing cannot be allowed.
Xero. As a kid I wanted to be a Super-Hero, and I've held on to that desire my whole life. I was often told by my siblings and my peers that I would more like be a super-zero. I like to make people eat their words, but this time I will except the title of a zero while making it my own. Everything that has a beginning starts at zero. I'm at a new beginning and as and artist I hope that I will forever  be at the start of something new and exciting, always reaching for greater goals and new peaks. World, I am Xero.