Ten years ago, Bob Booth was hanging perilously from the cliffs of incertitude, the proverbial crossroads where important, life-changing decisions are made. Was he to continue treading the safe and familiar ground of teaching, an occupation he had practiced for more than a decade, or was he to let go, risking benefits, insurance and his family’s welfare, to plunge headlong into the dangerous and capricious waters of a career in art?