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That's the SpiritI'm a Cleveland, Ohio-based writer, editor and writing coach, with more than 25 years of experience, including stints in Chicago and Washington, D.C. My work has appeared in more than 100 print and online publications, from the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor to local and regional publications. My work has been recognized by awards (including an Emmy) from four journalism groups.
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Stumbling through life with flair . . . I think as an artist you have to learn to be willing to take risks like that. A lot of his stuff you have a visceral reaction to, love it or hate it. Either way he makes us consider what we like and WHY. Art and artists have a way of entering our lives, inspiring and challenging us because their vulnerability invites us into the conversation.
Well said.
I usually got D's in alegebra in high school and college. I was afraid of math.... It usually gave me a headache, and I couldn't understand why I needed to know that stuff. Many years later, I homeschooled, and taught my son up through 6th grade math, and it was only then, as I taught it, that I lost my fear of it. (Algebra functions, in fact, are introduced in second or third grade, but they're not labeled at such, probably because it would freak out a lot of parents.) As I've been telling my son, it's all about plugging in what you know, to find out what you don't know.
On my lifetime's to-do list -- take a college Algebra 1 course and ace it. :-)
Interesting.
. . .or how not to do it (in my case!).
Sorry to hear that.
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