The mole diagram

Back in art school, I had a dream where I was trying to explain to my friend Greg a tension I was feeling with my studies. I went to art school to focus on being a painter, but once I got there I also joined a martial arts school, started my if-you’re-going-to-get-a-degree-in-painting-you-have-to-learn-how-to-code bargain with myself, and was still writing all the time. I was supposed to be…