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Do Not Waste Time

Do Not Waste Time

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Marion Elise
Jul 01, 2022
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Do Not Waste Time
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After Michelangelo died, someone found in his studio a piece of paper on which he had written a note to his apprentice, in the handwriting of his old age: "Draw, Antonio, draw, Antonio, draw and do not waste time…”

-Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

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Imagine yourself or a character in “old age.” What would that person say now? What advice …

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