To say the process of writing this paper has been a long and arduous one would, in fact, be something of an understatement; after all, I began this process not at the beginning of this semester as most of my peers did, but rather in August of last year. The most challenging portion of writing this paper, I will freely admit, has been the task of motivating myself to prioritize it at all, much less above and beyond my other much more challenging and time consuming classes. I have had many short-stops and pit-falls in the process, having started over not once, not twice, but three times before I found a path I would be comfortable and interested in pursuing in depth over the course of several months—and in fact, in the process of doing so, I actually discovered a few things about myself, my motivations, my art, and my interests, much to my own surprise.
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