I never considered myself a visual artist. In my 20s I had been an actor and director, so I was familiar with a creative process. I also had been a carpenter, and designing and building a structure is utilitarian art. I had made a few elaborate pinatas for my kids, but nothing entitled me to be so bold as to call myself a visual artist except the promise of the Wheaton Arts Parade that "on this day anyone can be an artist."  If I wanted others to believe it, I had to believe it myself.