HeyJaredof an artist
quiet reflections on slow living, philosophy, becoming, and making the ordinary feel magical
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the making of a life (opens the original)
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In many ways, I don’t think I was ever able to fully comprehend exactly what it meant to make a life until I’d reached my early thirties. That’s not to say that it’s the same for everyone—but for me, I hadn’t quite begun to uncover who I was or what I wanted until I’d made my way out of my messy twenties and slipped comfortably into the time of my life where I allowed myself to just be.As I wrote the opening chapter of Little Life in the Hamlet, I recall feeling both shocked and saddened by the
an artist in paris (opens the original)
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Paris will forever hold a very special space in my heart. It is also the one city I have an almost complicated, bittersweet relationship with—and yet, hug my heart it eternally will. Lesser feelings aside, I truly don’t believe a girl will ever forget her first trip to the City of Light. I first came to Paris as a young woman in her twenties, dreaming as an artist does, and longing for the ethereal experience I’d seen in film. What I’d encountered as a youthful, somewhat fearful and timid girl a
#3: holding on tightly (opens the original)
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I don’t always practice what I preach. Much like the rest of humankind, I am exactly that—human. I am flesh and bone, blood and tears, thought and emotion. The intellectual in me knows better—the intellectual in me truly understands what is good for me and what is not. It knows what I ought to do in order to be happy, just like it knows what has the propensity to cause me pain—and yet, I don’t always acknowledge it. And then there are those occasions where I downright defy it.If asked, I wouldn’
the beauty of being (opens the original)
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In conversation with an acquaintance recently, I’d noticed myself contemplating how easy it is to get stuck in old patterns. While a fleeting discussion it may have been, we’d reminisced over times gone by and I’d realised just how much things had changed—not just for me in a physical sense, but in the way that I think, desire, and see the world. I’ve gotten quite good at immersing myself in the way I want to be, in building the life I truly want to live, that it’s easy to forget how things once
the grass is greener where you water it (opens the original)
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I’ve always enjoyed a thoughtful, clever, and insightful aphorism or proverb. Any worldly and weighty saying that encourages me to think or see the world in a new way—to reflect on what I know and get curious about what I don’t—will always be welcomed. And, of course, much like any other philosophical writer and artist, I have my favourites. The days are long, but the years are short; ignorance is bliss; there is truth in wine and children; actions speak louder than words; and beauty is in the e
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