We must work. We must make money. But more than that , we must experience everything. Not just the good, but degradation, horror, sadness. This makes us whole, makes us people of substance. Not flighty, untouched children. Then we can know the world. And when we know the world, the world is ours.

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Digital painting _ Procreate _ 4000*5000 pixels _ Nastaran Najafi _ June 2026