Regardless of what our culture will try to tell you, your age, gender, appearance, and background don’t matter. Every aspect of you is fuel for your creative fire. If you want to act, you don’t need to look like Halle Berry. We already have Halle Berry. Somewhere out there, films and plays need your face, your voice, your body. Likewise, a clothing designer doesn’t need to wear all black and a poet doesn’t need to live in a cabin in the woods. Let go of all your ideas about how a particular kind of creator looks or acts.
