Despite the time, it was a satisfying conclusion. Despite the what ifs, it was worth celebrating what was done. Despite the alternatives, it was a good outcome.

It’s easier to do a solo dance number than coordinate a flash mob. It’s easier to coordinate a flash mob than to coordinate an orchestra. And it’s easier to coordinate an orchestra than to…do something else really hard.

This one is of Dorian Gray. “The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.” “Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being…

Another volume to add to the content of your character. And it had nothing to do with being portrayed in a flattering light. In fact, it was quite the opposite. It was your proactive exposure of the unlovely, the failing, the acknowledgement of a deficit and, most importantly, the desire to change it.