"A teacher’s most important role is to encourage. It doesn’t matter the skill level of the student. If they receive encouragement something quite magical happens. They believe they can achieve something. They take themselves seriously. Then it’s up to them to keep raising the bar to do better."

Who invented hugging?

"I am a big believer that if something can be conceptualized, it is real, because the human imagination simply cannot produce something outside reality. This, of course, expands the concept of reality to the edges of infinity, and that’s exactly where it should be."
-- Valentina Eve

I always sleep better on fresh sheets, so I know I want to sleep on fresh sheets tonight, but I also know I don't want to spend the <checks notes> three minutes changing them.
So, here we are.

"Isn't it the role of the artist to absorb and reconstitute the world's disparities, even to heal its broken parts?"

Solid start, EIFF!

New business model: massage as usual, but then instead of getting dressed, they just ask you to relocate next door to one of those single person capsule hotels (like they have in Japan) so you're quickly asleep and you don't have to get dressed and drive home until a good night of rest.

Welcome to Act IV, everyone.