Reading, Flying and Managing Emotions

Something wonderful about catching up on my New Yorkers while flying around. Today, I finished another old issue, and a couple great articles as usual. I loved this long article about the conflict between two former friends in New York City -- both talented, eccentric artists who due to a small dispute had it blow up and force their respective friends into choosing sides. It made two relatively short airplane rides into something manageable.

I was intimidated by a line in the article: "The dream of artists—which is simply the dream of friends and lovers, magnified—is to plant themselves in other people's heads." I wondered if that really is the desire that drives an artist. I had to stop and think about it for myself (even though I do struggle with using that title for what I do) and had to honestly admit that the answer was "yes." I cannot deny that motivation and it makes me wish I could say that it wasn't the case, but...

My photos capture the world as I see it, and to see how something can be captured. I write to communicate, to share, to seek clarity, and doing so here is actually easier than trying to pay a counselor whose paid role rarely meets my need. So thanks for listening. You may or may not be the target audience, but you watch and participate and give me feedback in ways that make me feel stronger, and nearly whole.