Papier Mache, Put Down

I was having a really hard time this weekend. I started about 5 new pieces, and the layering phase always gets to me... it's boring and tedious and makes me question why the hell I chose to work in papier mache. I took it a step further this time around: I starting asking myself the age old question, "why do I do this?" and other light-hearted soul-searching questions, that supposedly you've answered by this time in your life (I'm a late bloomer)...

Thank god I had the presence of mind to take a bike ride, or I might have slashed my wrists...

Anyway, I was looking for some art blogs online, and came across the originally-titled artblog. Now I'm REALLY questioning everything. This older post from 2006 (I'm so cutting edge!) talks about the impermanence of papier mache and doesn't mince any words. Yes, there are papier mache pieces in major art exhibits here... so that's interesting to me. However, if the question is, "what do I want to do with my art?" I'm really going to need to come up with an anwser soon. Because "junk art" is not it. And according to these ladies, papier mache is junk.

Anybody got a razor blade?