It’s just hard not to think about, like, ‘what would a person who hates me think about this.’ ” “Why are you worried about what people who hate you think about your art?” “Well, because the people who hate me also own all the guns and all the prisons.” Cyrus laughed. “Hah. Ah, yes, there is that,” Orkideh said. “Sometimes I just imagine the Fox News headlines, ‘Iranian Muslim’s Death Cult Manifesto Seized in Indiana’ or whatever.” “It is probably not a good practice to start imagining headlines about your art before you even make it, Cyrus jaan.”
