<p>My dad has this saying that goes “things only move when you’re moving” and I have found it to be true in many instances. The only way to overcome your shortcomings, especially in art, is to work through them. It also helps if you begin reading a lot and looking at a lot of art in order to expand the way you think about art. You will find that a lot of kids with amazing “creativity” are simply thinking along very different wave lengths. So much, if not most, of art is about how you think.</p>
<p>Some people swear by their sketchbooks/visual diaries. So you may want to start one of those and begin recording everything and anything that you find interesting or beautiful. I also second zincoxide in that working out an idea across multiple media expands your perspective and thought processes.</p>
<p>There’s over reliance on education to provide job security. Sure doctors and engineers have more secure job paths but many people, I might even venture most people, don’t end up doing exactly what they studied in school. There are fortune 500 executives who studied comparative literature and philosophy as well as successful artists who started off studying aeronautical engineering. In the end, it seems like success is ultimately about what you make of yourself. And, if you fail at whatever you chose to study, you can always just do something else.</p>
<p>maybe a liberal arts college with a strong art department might be the best thing for now assuming you want to do fine art. If you’re interested in design you have to head over to art school. </p>
<p>PS. there are also quite a few mediocre artists who make a lot more than you might think as well as very renowned artists who make relatively little.</p>