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Kim Druker Stockwell's avatar

Wonderful work, Kathleen. Down with padding and up with spindles! lets live a little with no net! I am aghast at the details of the original little mermaid tale! And I am sorry for your heart break. When we are younger we mimic what we think we are meant to do in certain situations. As we get older we know what we want and can be more open about it because honesty is the best policy. And talking. nice work..

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Kathleen Sykes's avatar

Thank you so much! I agree — we put far too many restraints on ourselves. And that's so true. I think I spent far too much of my 20s trying to live a certain script that didn't involve enough honesty or talking. Time heals a lot of wounds.

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Shannon Thrace's avatar

"the depths of your grief will always match the great heights of your joy. And that is a gamble worth taking."

Beautiful and wise. I'm keeping this one handy.

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Adrian P Conway's avatar

Yeah, that Pauline thorn thingy. Hoooey.

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Kathleen Sykes's avatar

Somehow that one always comes up in conversation when I'm struggling with something, and it always grinds my gears.

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GandalfGrey's avatar

Nothing worthwhile is ever easy.

Also, nothing should be too big to fail.

We really need to re-learn these things.

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Kathleen Sykes's avatar

Truly. If you’re not at least a little scared, you’re not being bold enough.

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erick's avatar

this is actually my favorite piece of advice for anyone making art. I always tell my songwriter friends that if there's not someone living who you'd be afraid to show the song to, it probably isn't very good

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