𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒉

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝟏𝟗 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐, 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔

𝑴𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟏𝟏, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔, 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 "𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒂𝒛𝒛𝒂" 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔, 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏.

𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒐𝒃 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑩𝒐𝒃 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒊𝒕. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏 (𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑴𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒅), 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 (𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎), 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔.

𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑰’𝒎 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑰’𝒎 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒖𝒎𝒃 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍e 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓.

𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏.