Identifying why I felt this way required a long and arduous process, which I survived because of three decisive factors: the presence of enlightened school administrators, the accommodating and nonjudgmental attitude of my advisor, and a mentor outside my field of basic science.
This event, which I survived, changed my life.
Teaching was not, I concluded at one point, a profession in which I could survive for even one day.
Fast-forward through two and a half decades, during which Terri and I survived abusive boyfriends, marital problems, professional setbacks, my expatriation to the UK and her exile to New Jersey, Terri's painful endometriosis and four failed IVF treatments, as well as, of course, each other.
Taking a vacation from art can only signify a couple of unfortunate scenarios: either I am working overtime at my job, which I need to survive, or things aren't going well in the studio, meaning that time off will not interrupt any significant stream of thought.
But is this like an ordinary case in which I don't survive, i.e., like death?
"Through hard introspection, intense medical and mental care, a supportive family, friends and patient and loving partner, I survived, which is rare".
I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived".
Mr. Cooper "would be in his late 80s right now, pushing 90, if in fact he survived, which I really don't think anybody thinks he did".
Shortly before my marriage ended, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, which I beautifully navigated and survived.
You can do this even in Europe if you go slow, stay with friends or in cheaper hostels, fly on discount airlines (as opposed to taking the train), cook or eat street food, and don't buy booze at the bar (which I did and somehow survived).
