Mastering art & hockey

I think I've mastered hockey, hockey stats in D level men's league hockey don't lie to they : )   But I'm no hockey playing genius because I didn't master the game until my thirties.... if I was a hockey master at 20: I would've gone pro.  Even though I now understand the game with the best of them, my body isn't capable of taking the punishment of pro hockey.  Mastering a sport at an elite level is very difficult because of the limited time one has to do so, because there is such a short time we are at a competitive physical peak. 
But art is a different game.
I love movies and I have been making them since I got my first VHS camera at the age of 15.  I eventually even graduated from film school.  I'm still making movies, and seriously aspire to make major motion pictures.  But art isn't like hockey; there aren't stats, there's isn't a draft, and no time limit on "making it" just money & fame, which sometimes doesn't come till you're dead.  So if you haven't made it "big" in the art world how do you know if you're a prospect?  How do you know you've mastered it?  Can you even master something which has no boundaries ?  
I use art and movies interchangeably because I think movies are the medium that best captures the essence of what art has always been about; telling stories.  
I feel like this is boring, and running on (or maybe I just lost my patience ).... so I'm just going to make a point; If I haven't mastered art yet?!?: one day I will, because it's not like there's a time limit on making it in the art world. Anyways here's a couple of recent posts of my work.  




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