will say, gently & conversely tho, what is bringing someone to the point of stepping into artmaking in conscious awareness, as in, what it took to get them there, or what they were suffering from that cut off so many other avenues & options .. often appears as depression & heavy use of other substances to cope/medicate

in kinda a.. go willingly or get dragged there

many many many are dragged

so they arrive carrying the cost of the dragging