The Tyranny of Excellence in a Mistake-Filled World

Making art doesn’t involve purity tests

Photo by Rojan Maharjan on Unsplash

I cost nothing

Many have praised me, none have condemned me

I am pleasing to everyone

I am useful every moment of the day  

These are the haunting, heartbreaking words of a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader in response to the question, “What is a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader?”

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