Begin

Big eyes, sharp teeth, can't lose.

The Meal of Lord Candlestick (1938) by Leonora Carrington

We can simply begin. What happened to starting without stopping, believing without second-guessing, diving off a tall cliff without mapping the trajectory of our fall in advance? When did we stop starting?

We don’t have to drink coffee and stare at things we can’t afford. We can drink coffee and wr…