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On how to be a good art friend by embodying Big Himbo Energy.

Yesterday, midway through my long, detailed, gesturally intense recap of the story “Who is the Bad Art Friend,” my therapist threw up her time-out hands.

“Anna! Anna,” she said. “You know what this all sounds like to me? Just profoundly exhausting. All of this—it’s exhausting.”

“AND THAT IS WHY YOU ARE SEVERAL DECADES AHEAD OF ME ON YOUR EMOTIONAL HEALTH …