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circles - by Molly Mielke - Mind Mud

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how do you chart your change?

Men in the City by Robert Longo I resolved recently to stop moving. I like to say that I am “but a big leaf” that felt like a potted plant in NYC, an artificial plant in Miami, and now, a firmly-rooted plant in a prettily painted bed in SF. Yet I still find myself back in NYC regularly — partly for my job, partly because I like the feeling of being so uprooted and in limbo that it kinda feels like I’m flying, and partly because New York is the best way I know to chart the evolution of my emotions. I used to think that the work of “becoming” was something that could happen anywhere, but I’ve…

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