XJust kidding. You, my friend; I salute. Well done for breaking out of the stereotype and into something you belong to. Now the big issue here is, "I either do what I love, or keep who I love supporting me" but did you ever think of you supporting..yourself? I'm sure it's great to have loved ones by your side supporting you over your career, but why would you choose something that everybody else supports but you cannot stand, just for the happiness of your close ones. Now, that doesn't make sense, does it? Do what you love, what you shine in and what makes you happy and the people that are meant to be in your life, will stick around for sure. Essentially it is your life, your decisions and they should trust your judgement for yourself better than their own. Family and passion are two things you cannot choose one over the other on, ideally and of course, rightfully; you want both.
The ironic thing about majority of these cases is that somewhere down the family line, in the same culture and blood there is someone who once pursued something very similar to you, they also fought the battle and became someone great, someone that they could look in the mirror and smile at, why? because they followed what they loved. Somewhere and somehow you picked up the same gene. My advice? meet them, ask them their goals, their struggles and their trials and tribulations. Learn from them and use it to meet your goal. Unfortunately, I didn't get to meet that one person who shared the same passion as me, and pursued it extremely well; but damn, I have heard enough stories to know that he went through this crazy battle way before I did!
Now, don't be crazy and use your passion as an excuse to not make money and support yourself financially. Look deeper into your field and see what you can pick out to pay your way. Art is an extremely
..But hey. This is life.
