The art class, by Jay Shetty

<p>"Why?” asks an insistent high school art teacher. “Why? Why? Why?” Staring blankly back, a young Jay Shetty has nothing to say. It’s an art project, it's just homework. A collage. It’s just … layers. The next day in a subway station, Jay's chance encounter with an ad peeling off the wall unlocks the truest answer. What he discovers that day about himself carries forward into college, when Jay meets a fellow student who's consumed by negativity and pain. There, the art project from so many years ago comes in handy in ways he never anticipates.</p><p>Read Jay Shetty's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1982134488/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mastersofscal-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1982134488&amp;linkId=498760d2fea6c32555431985e21bd16c" target="_blank">Think Like a Monk</a> (listen to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/179710053X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mastersofscal-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=179710053X&amp;linkId=e23425c1622c11b2e900ef0d62da8b93" target="_blank">Think Like a Monk as an audiobook</a> read by Jay).</p><p>Jay hosts the podcast <a href="https://jayshetty.me/podcast/" target="_blank">On Purpose with Jay Shetty</a>.</p><p>Sign up for the&nbsp;<a href="http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD" target="_blank">Meditative Story</a>&nbsp;newsletter, to get an episode reminder and a meditation in your inbox each Saturday: </p><p>http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD</p><p>Follow us on&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/MeditativeStory" target="_blank">Twitter</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/MeditativeStory/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>:</p><p>https://twitter.com/MeditativeStory</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/MeditativeStory/</p>