My Kind of Artist

It clearly takes guts to call yourself an artist. And even more guts to make art your profession. Or eccentricity. Or really good connections. Or a willingness to exploit yourself for fame and opportunity. I am interested in the having guts approach. And I think if you add to those guts a dash of impulsive willfulness...or being unshakably self-directed...what you get is an artist who does not want to be contracted, but rather wants full say and freedom over what she creates and how. And why. From the start. That's the kind of artist I want to be. But what does that look like?