To be an artist, you don't have to be depressed most of the time, but you do have to nurture your sensitivity. A butterfly flies by. You marvel at it. Music flows out of a window. You catch the notes, you play them in your mind. The clouds assume fantastic shapes. You peer at them, … Continue reading The Artist’s Sensitivity
After all this growing up, I still am so shy that I often have to make a conscious effort to push words out of me and interact with other people. "Shyness is the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness, especially when a person is around other people." - Wikipedia As a boy, I … Continue reading Why Being Shy Can Be an Advantage
I am perhaps the most introverted person that I know. Someone once even called me "almost dead," but in fact I am only quiet, quiet in a way that not everyone understands. Society favors the active, the loud, the confident, the extroverted. In the classrooms, in the office, at social events, it's the extroverts that … Continue reading The Benefits of Being an Introvert
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