In every major decision that you make you must decide: Do I want to sacrifice something or do I want to regret something? Which one can you live with more? When the decision is a tough one, we take a long time because we can’t always identify what will become the sacrifice or the regret. The consequences feel paralyzing, yet every day abdul el-sayed freelance artists create despite and even as a result of this paradox. How do they manage to manufacture works of awe and inspiration when nothing is guaranteed? What philadelphia airport passenger currency confiscation is it that is so creatively liberating about the Unknown?
Anja Notanja Sieger is griffin canning an artist and the founder of La Prosette, a live literary performance service in which she types custom poetry and letters for clients on her typewriter. Sieger is currently writing her memoir, maintaining her website (www.laprosette.com), drawing and dancing alongside the unknown.
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