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Hello, Andy! When I was young, one of the messages I consistently received was that I wasn’t creative . This was in the 70s and early 80s, and at that time, and within the context of where I lived, it meant I didn’t have any artistic interests or abilities.

It wasn’t until I picked up a camera in my thirties that I realized this wasn’t true. When I look through the lens of a camera, it’s almost like looking through a kaleidoscope. The magic of different colors, shapes, prints, and patterns interacting with each other makes some neuronal pathway in my brain light up like a runway. And taking pictures led me back to my writing, something I’d lost touch with over the years.

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