I think you should come out as an artist.

You could do your art for the rest of the year, after you come out with the paintings you have, and prepare for your role as the mother of the most colorful rags-to-riches Shogun ever in Japan.

ARTFUL BY KAREN BREMER MASUDA 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 81

The little shrine was at the end of a street along the canal. Momoko stopped and stared at it. She …