I used to think being an artist meant starving for beauty.
Turns out, sometimes it just means starving.
Since the stroke, I haven’t been able to work. My mind drifts, my body tires, and the paperwork for disability feels like it was designed by Kafka after a bad night of sleep.
The forms contradict themselves.
The websites time out.
The instructions read lik…
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