Building a Life That
Brushstroke by Brushstroke, Not by Manifesto
Léonce finds her painting when the household is slipping. She says she feels like painting and perhaps will not always. He tells her in God's name to paint, but not to let the family go to the devil. She has already decided not to take another step backward. The work is now a rival to the role.
Key Insight
A practice becomes a life when it starts competing with the old duties for days, not minutes. Expect the household to name that competition as folly. Keep the atelier anyway.
