I Wish I’d Said It

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Icarus (2009) oil on unstretched canvas artist: JParadisi
Icarus (2009) oil on unstretched canvas artist: JParadisi

I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to be a writer can afford to indulge in it. You can’t get it into shape; you can’t build on it, it’s only good for wallowing in. Looking back, of course, is equally fatal to Art. It’s keeping you poor. Art can’t and won’t stand poverty.

Katherine Mansfield

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JParadisi RN, OCN emeritus, is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in painting and writing. Her paintings and short stories have been published nationally. She has exhibited artwork in galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest. Julianna is a frequent contributor to Off The Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing as a blogger and illustrator.