 I think online learning with Emily Carr gave me purpose and routine and turned kind of a crummy situation into something really great and something that I was really excited to wake up and do every day. Doing the online learning I feel like has kind of taken me outside my comfort zone with my usual small ceramics community and kind of allowed me to interact with artists of completely different mediums and materials. I got to take classes that helped me to learn how to apply for grants or scholarships, make a website, make business cards, market myself to art galleries. Once I had adjusted to it, I found that it helped me almost push my practice by working with new artists and almost pushing me to try new mediums which I wouldn't have tried otherwise.