

You gotta push through on these barriers even if that mean you gotta hustle an angle on your own.
But what you gotta do is stop talkin' 'bout why some shyt hard and you can't do it.
Lemme... lemme ask it like this: you want them people tellin' you your art don't fit in they institutions?
'Cause I'm a different type dude who will go out and do my stuff wherever I gotta to put my name up.
Start making miniatures of your art for portability:
en.wikipedia.org
And start slangin' like 15 - 20 pieces across the way in up north, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.
Change your medium and go broader. Start usin' different techniques and styles in the smaller format.
Shyt, if I was still dedicated to becomin' an artist, I would have been doin' 8x10's framed in larger decorative details and laminate like 80 of them in a portfolio and take the book with me across the country slangin' to get my style out.
I had to drop out my writing program 'cause I wasn't feelin' them tellin' me they didn't understand my style. I understand my style. I know how to experiment with my style and learn how to improve my style. My style ain't academic, I thought the school was going to validate me. Validate yourself.