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"It may be why I eventually landed in design, an adjacent-to-art field where the work is your own, yes, but the work is not about you, it’s about the client. There’s a certain degree of detachment that can be afforded." - this paragraph nails my relationship with being a lawyer. I've never examined it this way before... you are a writer! thank you.

PS it doesn't seem totally fair to say you took the easy way out by quitting art school. there are different phases in life--perhaps you needed the stable career path to find your footing and the eventual freedom to pursue your art. That's what I tell myself at least ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Yup, there are different ways to look at it. Technically speaking, I can argue that it was the easy way out otherwise I may not have left so close to finishing out my junior year. I'm still waiting on the eventual freedom to pursue art 😬. Art takes time. Time is luxury for most people who have to work. I've always chosen a paycheck over art - it seems hard for me to really do both? Still a puzzle to solve.

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Feb 16, 2023Liked by Jenna Park

I heard a poet say that she is an artist and her art is the ability to words on a page. “Safe to stumble” ….halls in a museum or a passage on a sub stack after a hard day - you are a gift to your audience.

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Thank you, Mary. Yes, writing is definitely an art! I am not yet there to claim it as "my" artform yet.

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Reading this during my 45-min commute. Thank you for ‘accompanying’ me, making the commute not that dull 🙂 I chuckled when I read ‘I die a little inside every time I find one’ your typo 🙌🏻

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aw, a commute is a great time to read substack newsletters! Thank you for reading.

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Thank you for making me think about this.

And the cat photo is by far the best of the lot--to me, and I'm a dog person who has loved every cat she's gotten to know.

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cats can be so graceful! And terribly clumsy haha.

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Feb 18, 2023Liked by Jenna Park

For someone who hasn’t taken any formal class in writing, I take my hat off to you. I can hardly string together five words to make a succinct yet eloquent sentence, and here you write as if you’re reading my mind most times. Just keep doing you. Don’t look back.

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Thank you ❤️

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Jenna, I just discovered your substack tonight. So many things in this newsletter resonated with me. Your engaging writing style works great for listening via the app too. Excited to listen to more of your work. Thanks for sharing so generously. Warm regards, Jeff

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Thank you so much Jeff. And actually, had no idea about listening to newsletters via the app 😮

Thanks for sharing that! All the best, Jenna

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