The good thing about having friends from different places is that you learn new ways at looking at situations, obstacles or even trees. I have an artist friend who calls me a poet and boy, our perspectives couldn't be more different. The poet in me wants lengthy and embellished explanations whereas my artist friend seems content with a glance. The poet screams in obstacles, wants to talk about her fears, goes on a roller coaster of emotions to make a decision and finds herself only content after exploring all of the options. The artist observes and patiently works away towards one goal, one outcome, and gives a few words to put a caption on the obstacle presented, as if it were a portrait in an art gallery. Things like, time will tell and if something is unresolved, it is not the end yet and Brazil will always be here. Let me tell you, it's nice to have an artist's perspective for a change to soften the poet's loud internal voice.
