There's a time when you know what you're doing. Then, there are also times when the point is to not know. It's poetic. It's unknown. It's rough. I'm not very afraid of the deep end of things. Perhaps a gift from my family, but I am really not sure of the source.

So, first you try on a new thing, for example an outfit with an unknown fabric. All you can do it is a) put it on b) walk around without taking it off. You will want to take it off. You will spend time wishing you could take it off. But just keep it on. For me, it's usually not more complicated than this at the beginning.

A natural tattoo from la Sierra in Colombia

I put on a new outfit. Public health in Latin America. Now I need to keep walking around with it on without taking it off. My favorite things to say to myself is "Stay in the chair". In other words, don't get up. Just hang in there.

Here's the news about this, though. I am learning and digging in and things are moving. I still have the outfit on. I am learning in a big, steep incline.

Moss on the ancient lost city "La Ciudad Perdida"