BLIND

WHEN I CHOSE TO PURSUE MY CRAFT, I WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE TRUE DIFFICULTY OF THE TASK I WAS UNDERTAKING. IGNORANCE, IN THIS CASE, MAY HAVE BEEN A FORM OF MERCY—HAD I FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT LAY AHEAD, WOULD I HAVE STILL TAKEN THIS PATH?

PERHAPS THERE’S A NECESSARY BLINDNESS TO THE BEGINNING OF ANY WORTHWHILE PURSUIT. AWARENESS OF EVERY CHALLENGE IN ADVANCE MIGHT PARALYSE ACTION ALTOGETHER. YET, HAVING MADE IT THIS FAR, IT SEEMS THE CHOICE WAS INEVITABLE—NOT OUT OF CERTAINTY, BUT OUT OF AN UNWILLINGNESS TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.