You start to see how abandonment could become an option for a mother-artist, even one who passionately loves her children. Perhaps—radical thought—especially one who passionately loves her children. In fact, the thought can be taken a step further: A young artist, a young female artist, might be forgiven for thinking that maybe it would be better not to have children in the first place. If you are going to be accused of child abandonment when you go to work—and, more important, if you are inevitably going to internalize those accusations—perhaps better to skip the children and go straight to
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