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‘I Made Something Great. What If No One Likes It?’

To feel proud of your work, you have to notice how deeply you care.

Heather Havrilesky
Apr 21, 2022
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No. 22 - Special (1916-17) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly,

Longtime reader, all-time screenshotter, and first time asker - I have a question about something that is about to happen to me. I have a large artistic success (I hope) coming up: A film I made is premiering in theaters soon. The journey of this movie has been Inferno-esque but this is supposed t…

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