I just wanted to let you know how happy and grateful and amazed I am that you exist! I first read Blankets and Good-Bye Chunky Rice during my sophomore year of high school, and they have been the most influential pieces of art and writing and love in my entire life ever since. I am now attending art school as an illustration major in the hopes that perhaps, someday, I will communicate a story that will inspire people to love better. Or a story that will at least make people smile, or laugh, or something!
However, I am young and indecisive and plagued with debilitating confusion! So I have some questions:
1. How did you decide to move to Portland? And (UNLESS IT IS A PERSONAL REASON, IN WHICH CASE AHH I’M SORRY) why?
2. Was it easy to find a job there? Are there any good job/internship opportunities?
3. Is Portland as awesome as I think it is?
I know you’re probably super-intense-busy lately, and these are hard and laborious to answer, so if you can’t get to my questions, I’ll totally understand!! I just admire you a whole lot, and sometimes I wonder how people come to do such amazing things, so I thought I’d ask.
In conclusion, I appreciate what you do so, so much, and I totally love you forever.
–Faryn
PS- I AM SO EXCITED FOR HABIBI.
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