After graduating from Chinese Culture University, Yang watched as most of his classmates and friends got jobs and tried to eke out some extra time for art. He didn't want this for himself.
自文化大學美術系畢業後，他看到同學、朋友幾乎都謀得了一份固定職業，工作之餘再擠出點時間創作，楊茂林不為所動。