My mother taught me to make things look good.

Nobody taught me what it cost.

My Mother Taught Me to Make Things Look Good.

Nobody taught me what it cost

This is me pouring varnish over a painting. In art, varnish protects and preserves. In life, it covers and conceals. Same can. Very different cost.

.In my family, we didn’t work things out.

We varnished.

“Here’s what varnish looks like …