From Ink to Fire: A Cartoonist's Midlife Leap into Glassblowing

"I felt I was the stupidest man on the planet." After 18 years as a Gannett staff cartoonist, David Jacobson walked away from a prestigious job and a steady paycheck to pursue glassblowing in rural Maine, a decision even he thought was foolish.In this first episode of B-Side Tales, Marcia Heath talks with David about what it really costs to start over later in life. He opens up about his struggles to build a solvent business as an artist, his gratitude for the guardian angels who supported him, and his astonishment at where a string of “stupid” decisions has led him.B-Side Tales is a podcast about quiet renegades who leave a conventional path to live in a manner more suited to their true nature and particular talents.#glassblowing #storytellingpodcast #BSideTales #SecondActCareers #careerreinvention #creativeburnout