The Paradise Problem

by Christina Lauren

Being an artist is sometimes about not being afraid to do it badly first. Is that why, in the end, I chose art? Because it’s forgiving?

I feel it in my brain, a firework flash, a dopamine flood, the sealing of a happy memory firmly into place.

“When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters,”