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Robby Zar
How do you cope with multiple roles as artist and professional? Answer: You are not your job.
I.
It
is April Fool’s Day, 2008. I am standing in the living room of my grandmother’s
house as mourners attempt to make light of a difficult day with conversation. A
stranger approaches me and, although I try to avoid eye contact, manages to
appoint himself at my side. He says to me, “What do you do?”
Of course I know what he is asking, as all of us do. “I am a grantwriter,” I say, purposefully, no hesitation, hoping to get back to staring into space.
He winces like he’s just been stabbed in the eyes and leans in closer so I can see the hearing aid. “A what?” more...