Weekly Whys

July 23, 2008

i wonder if, ultimately, i have any say in the way my life moves


By Adine Schoonmaker | Artist/Photographer | Brooklyn, NY

I spent most of my 20's suffering from undiagnosed Thyroid cancer and my early 30's in treatment and recovery. I began to feel as though i was normal and pretty by my late 30's. I am now experiencing all the excitement and passion that i should have been enjoying in my youth. But now that i am "blooming" i am also noticeably aging. I do what i do because i still want to feel alive when men stop noticing me.



Andres Amador | artist | San Francisco | analogia.org

sometimes i wonder if, ultimately, i have any say in the way my life moves and how i respond.


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