You can ignore this, but please don't

The Beatle's song "When I'm 64" keeps popping into my head lately. Not so much for what the lyrics address, but it's catchy; I'm that age, and what is significant now is change. I'm considering the difference between passion and purpose when working in the studio. The first is about me; the second is about you.

Where do you come in if my love of clay is about me? Who are the members of my tribe? I'm late in wondering this because the joy of creating has always been more fun than the angst of figuring this out. None of us are mindreaders, and I'd like some help here. Would you be a friend and help me plan out the next stage of my career by answering one or all of these questions?

• What commissions speak to you the most? Lamps, murals, or garden items.

• How would a backsplash expressing your love of the land, the local flora, and fauna benefit your home?

• Why choose custom art tiles over the immense variety of beautifully manufactured ones?

How do I help others? This question is one of the biggest challenges an artist asks themselves, primarily when propelled by an intensity of desire from within. Your responses would be like "a nice bottle of wine" to savor as we enter the dog days of summer. If you answer all three questions by the end of the month, I'll send you a 15% off coupon, good till the end of 2023.