Overheard conversations

'The strange thing was, she spoke as if she thinks of herself as an artist, but she kept saying how she can only draw things when she's looking at them. And it was annoying for me, because I can draw too, really well, actually, which is strange, because I don't. Not very often, anyway. But I can. I think I maybe have an underdeveloped visual cortex, but excellent hand-eye coordination. And I didn't want to tell her that I think an artist is a person with a very active visual cortex, or imagination, not just plagiarizing skills. But to her, that's her claim, as an artist, is being good at that.'

'I don't...I can't disagree with people, ever, because they always sound right when they're talking. For instance...'

'Maybe your understanding of an artist is different than hers.'

'Evidently.'

'I think the art of compromise is a lost thing. I know a man who all his life wanted children, but his partner didn't. So he adopted a little boy, and she got an apartment down the street.'

'...'

'Today it's all about independence, I guess.'