André Duqum

I'm in love.

I'm a man in love.

It sounds like from the limited information I have between you and your wife, how you found her or she found you or God found you both or whatever, to the journey you went on and saying yes and having children and adopting a child.

I'm curious, have you talked much about that time when you guys went and you adopted a girl?

She's still my baby in the orphanage.

I mean, it's without question what that's done for her in her life.

What has that done for you in your life?

What has that taught you about the role of suffering in life?

Yeah.

Yeah, you write extensively around that.

And I think suffering is something we're unknowingly, knowingly avoiding any second of every moment, you know, of every day, right?

And it changes the script when you turn it on its head and put it into its proper place.

And I think for me, like how viewing myself as like reflecting on my ability to craft an environment that re-evokes that sense of beauty for me has been one of the most, I think, fundamental aspects of bringing more beauty into myself and in the world.

For sure.

Thank you.

Thank you, man.

Your work is, man, I'm all in perfect timing, but I'm very happy at this moment that we were able to get connected and have you come on.

Me too.

Thank you.

You know, I live for these kinds of conversations.