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When expensive art supplies cannot create authentic skill

I keep buying expensive brushes and pigments for Chinese brush painting thinking better tools will make me worthy of the tradition but I still feel like I am playing dress-up

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Material acquisition becomes a substitute for the patient inner work that traditional practices actually require.

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