Josh Sundquist

I ask, “So what sort of stuff did van Gogh paint?”
“Landscapes and plants, mostly.”
“Not people?”
“He painted people, but that’s not what he’s known for.”
“How come?”
She’s silent for a moment.
“Maybe because what is considered beautiful in nature has remained constant throughout history, but the definition of human beauty changes every few years based on how the media defines the so-called perfect body.”

Lean on others long enough, and eventually you’ll fall.

“It’s like how people often feel worse about themselves after they have plastic surgery,” she says.
“Because the surgery went wrong?”
“No, because the surgery went right. They look better on the outside, but inside they have the same self-image issues as before. And that’s a problem no operation can resolve.”