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'I'm Not Embarrassed by My Dream Anymore!'

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Being imperfect out in the open is a necessary prerequisite for creating art.

Alligator Pears (1923) by Georgia O’Keeffe Dear Polly, You responded to my letter almost exactly a year ago and I wanted to send you an update. I went back and reread your letter this morning and had a deep, cathartic cry: Your words stabilized me last year and gave me the strength to keep doing music through the embarrassment and shame and everything else that I had kicked up around myself. You gave me so much insight into my relationship with my husband (as did your incredible book), and I realize now that he can’t see things in process like I can. He only “gets” the finished product.…

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