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Strengthening taste

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, Parmigianino, c. 1524 An interesting thing I noticed when I reread some of my old diaries last year was that, in terms of writing quality, there was a very sharp capability jump in 2019. By which I mean that when I read what I wrote in January 2019, I felt vaguely embarrassed, but when I read what I wrote in October, I really liked it. I don’t mean to say that I suddenly learned how to write from one month to the next; I had written seriously for something like 12 years before this point. But in all the years I’ve written, I’ve never improved as rapidly as…

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