magical pain of aloneness

Jarid Altmark
3 min readOct 31, 2021

To feel other than and unlike those around you is normal, but the truth is that is a painful choice. You can choose to trap yourself in a society or stereotype produced box. You can choose to be paralyzed by the pain it takes to be real, or replace it with convention, should and could. You can choose to create boxes for others, without understanding that your ultimate desire is being locked away within the barriers of authenticity you…

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Jarid Altmark

Artist, Writer, 4x Food Network Competitor, Professional Cake Artist and Practical Overthinker.