Yay! Its bonkers how decades after it finally became normalised for (most) women to wear trousers if they wish, the same isn't at all true for (most) men and skirts. (The weirdness of obsession with daft social norms etc etc)

Is this him admitting that he's rotten to the core?

Have you read Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way? Of it's time (and place) but similar sentiments (plus a bunch of practices to try)

If you have time then 'Ali Cherri,
How I Am Monument' at the Baltic is worth a visit