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“Dust the dust… That’s all I can say. And you did good, kid. You did real good. How’s that for a compliment? But you gotta try a little harder than that. If you’re dissatisfied, don’t pretend you aren’t. Make what’s unstable stable. Drive the irrational into the rational. Don’t write your thoughts off as worthless sentiment. M’kay?”
— Oct 02, 2026 07:12PM
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It seems there is some kind of solace to be found in regret. It serves as an escape from what's right before your eyes. You end up pinning all your bad deeds on the "former you." So it's hardly self-condemnation. When you are regretting something, you're technically being good.
— Oct 02, 2026 07:13PM
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In other words, what they're putting on the canvas isn't what the objects look like, it's how the objects feel. If you believe that drawing pictures is a form of personal expression, then I think that's the correct way to do it. If you think about it like that, a drawing that looks just like a photograph isn't a good drawing at all, is it?"
— Feb 10, 2026 12:37PM