You couldn’t see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the fi rst few tentative① words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece② that would last forever. And of what would you write： Of
You couldn’t see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the fi rst few tentative① words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece② that would last forever.
And of what would you write： Of love？ Hate？ Fun？ Misery③？ Life？ Death？ Nothing？ Everything？ Would you write to please just yourself？ Or others？ Or yourself by writing for others？ Would your strokes④ be tremblingly⑤ timid or brilliantly bold？ Fancy with a flourish⑥ or plain⑦？ Would you even write？ Once you have the pen， no rule says you have to write. Would you sketch？ Scribble⑧？ Doodle or draw？
There’s a lot to think about here， isn’t there？
Now， suppose someone gave you a life...
We know our friend in a certain light， but we don’t know them the way their lover does. Their mother knows them differently than their roommate， who knows them differently than their colleague. Their
Starry① starry night， paint your palette② blue and gray Look out on a summer’s day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills， sketch③ the trees and the daffodils④ Catch the
Everywhere I go people stare at me. At the grocery store children gawk① at me wide-eyed， craning②their necks and pointing as they tug their mothers’shirts. When I pass people on the street， I hear the
I would have talked less and listened more. I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet①was stained② and the sofa faded. I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ra
I have seen a thousand sunsets and sunrises， on land where it fl oods① forest and mountains with honey coloured light， at sea where it rises and sets like a blood orange in a multicoloured nest of clo
To my daughter，Don’t apologize when someone else bumps into① you. Don’t say ’sorry to be such a pain.’ You’re not a pain. You’re a person with thoughts and feelings who deserves respect. Don’t stay h
