New Beginnings

Ezra Brook

31 Jan 2025 — 1 min read

The glass roof of the conservatory at Belle Isle.

Here is my attempt to start again. Reinvent again. Starting over is scary. I'm removing myself from Substack as they are aligning with people I don't agree with and not removing content that they should be removing. Right now, I'm afraid to begin again with nothing but you have to start somewhere.

Once upon a time, I had a therapist who didn't like the fact that I would reinvent myself often. She told me I needed to stop reinventing. Stop changing. I'm not so sure that I can do that... I think part of me needs to keep changing to keep surviving. And creation for me is survival.

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Pink and Blue Wavy Lines on a beige canvas

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