My Favorite Painting

When I first landed in New York 7 years ago, I felt so lost. I didn’t know anyone here, I’d never used public transport, and the few dollars in my pocket felt too precious to spend. My apartment in Bushwick was a so different from what I was used to back home. And my roommates had accents I’d never heard before. I probably had an accent they’d never heard before! Over the next few weeks, I got…