You are exactly the right age. Now is exactly the right time.

'Nuff said.

Andrea Bocelli released his debut album at 34 (he was a lawyer before that).

Stan Lee, the legendary comic book artist behind Spider-Man, started drawing superheroes when he was 43.

Paul Cézanne didn’t get his first solo art show until he was 56.

Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote her first book at 65.

James Lewis Carter Ford was in his 70s when he got his first guitar.

Carmen Hererra didn’t sell her first painting until she was 89.

Luchita Hurtado worked as an artist for many decades before achieving recognition in her 90s.

And last but certainly not least, my cat Stella didn’t master the playtime slide until she was 15. Now, look at her fly.

You aren’t too late. Quite the opposite — you’re just in time.

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