It is easy if you know how.

Life responds to what we deserve not what we need or want.
The farmer needs a harvest but he does not deserve one.
If the farmer plants a crop then he deserves a harvest.
The harvest comes to the planters not those who need it.
The Artist who is working hard at their craft and learning new skills so they can market and sell their work, deserves a harvest.

I remember working in a saw mill as a teenager and I was working on the big saw blade with the saw-miller, I watched him do his work cutting the logs and it looked hard but he made it look so easy, pushing this large log through the saw. I later talked to him and I said that it looked so hard what he did, if the log rolled or moved he could be hurt very badly, wasn't it hard to do?
Of course it is hard if you do not know how to do it, but it is easy if you know how.

Isn't that true in the Artist life, its hard to sell to people, but it is easy if you learn how to sell.
It takes time to sit down and read the necessary books, that will build depth into your life.
It's hard to learn a new skill, but once learned it is easy to do.
It is hard to learn new people skills, but once learned these skills will change your life.

When you learn new skills and action them into your life it is like planting a crop, and once planted and the miracle of life takes over and you will get your harvest.