Am I An Artist?

  Dear child, I want to be honest with you right now—but I promise I won’t be unnecessarily harsh. You won’t regret listening once I’ve said what I need to say. Right now, you are an empty cup. What do I mean by that? It means you receive anything you believe is tea, without realizing it might be dirty water. This is why you keep getting hurt. Your imagination and reality have never been in alignment—and perhaps, they never truly will be. Because over time, you’ll come to understand: you are not meant to blend in. You will reject the notion of fitting into a world that was never built for your truth. You’ll realize that you can only maintain that façade for so long. And eventually, you’ll stop being afraid to show yourself and speak your mind. You must choose to become a full cup—by choosing to become a better version of yourself. That version already exists. It lies dormant within you, waiting for your call. Your will to act, your choice to rise above your struggles— that...

So today I want to talk a bit about conversations.  Seems counterintuitive – talking about talking. But that is exactly what I intend to do.  We live in a world bombarded with information we don’t need, on a moment-to-moment basis, in the form of words, pictures, and sounds. This might make me sound a bit old, but those damn phones are true barriers. They act as an escape—a quick way to zone out of uncomfortable situations—and this is where most of the “information bombarding” happens. Let me restate an obvious fact:  Conversation is not about information interchange.   That’s not the point. Ours is a world of text messages, voice chats, video calls, emojis, and stickers. We do this often, but rarely do we connect with the person on the other side. Most of the time, we are running on autopilot. The Significance of Being Real Conversations are the lifeblood of human relationships. I’m not talking about rehearsed politeness or small talk. Sure, small tal...