Five years ago, Art being this open would have shocked me. In the years before what we now refer to as “the tunnel of chaos,” I only saw Art cry four times. Those times are deeply etched into my memory, because they were so rare. Art was raised with the belief that emotion was intensely private and better kept to oneself. Performance was rewarded. So performance was preferred, even if that meant pretending. Being taught to stuff feelings early in life can sometimes mean you never learn how to properly understand feelings later in life. Feelings serve a purpose. Feelings inform us of issues
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