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Ca t a l i nCons t a nt i n “Ev e r yc hi l di sanar t i s t . Thepr obl e mi st or e ma i na na r t i s to n c eweg r o wu p ”( c i t .Pa b l oPi c a s s o ) “Whe nIwasak i d,dr awi ngwasmygr e at e s tp l e a s u r e .S o me wh e r ea l o n gt h ewa y ,t h i sk i dg o tl o s t . Re c e nt l y Ir e di s c ov e r e d hi m,c l e ane dh i m u pa n dg a v eh i m t i me a n ds p a c et oc r e a t e . My ne e dt o pai nti sv i s c e r aland my wo r k sa r et h er e s u l to fmy e mo t i o n a le x p e r i e n c e s ”. st hewayt heRomani anar t i s tCat a l i nCo n s t a n t i nd e s c r i b e sh i ms e l f :a r ti sa ne mo t i o n a l Th i si e x pe r i e nc eat a360de gr e e sv i s i on.Her e pr e s e n t sap a r a l l e l wo r l di naf a n t a s t i cwa y , ad i me n s i o nt h a t i sbot hmy s t e r i ousands y mbol i c .Hi sar t wor k sa r ec h a r a c t e r i s e db yma n yi l l u s i o n s ,s u g g e s t i o n sa n d pe r c e pt i onst hatc r e at eage ogr aphyoff e e l i n gs ,a swec a no b s e r v ei nt h ea r t wo r kn a me dMi s s But t e r f l y .Amongal lt hev i v i dc ol our s , gi v e nt h r o u g hma r k e db r u s h s t r o k e si nap e r f e c td i s t r i b u t i o no f s pac e s ,Cat al i nCons t ant i ni sabl et oc ompo s ea r t wo r k st h a tt r a n s f i g u r er e al i t yb yc o mb i n i n gt h e s ubj e c t swi t hi mpl i c i ts y mbol ogy .Agameo fs h a p e s ,s y mb o l sa n dc o l o u r st h a ti sf o r me db yp u r e s ugge s t i ons . I nhi sc anv as e s , t hec r e at i v epr o c e s si so r g a n i s e dt h r o u g hp e r s o n a lc o n s t r u c t i o n sma r k e d byav i v i de x pr e s s i v e ne s s . Thear t i s t ’ swor k sa r ec h a r a c t e r i s e db yaf o r ma la n da e s t h e t i cr e s e a r c ht h a t r e ac he saqual i t yofpe c ul i ari nt e r e s t .Th r o u g hh i sa r t i s t i cl a n g u a g e ,Ca t a l i ns h o wsap r e c i s e e x pr e s s i v ee x pl or at i on,anac c ur at ei nt e r pr e t a t i o nt h a ti sn e v e rt r i v i a la n dt h a ti so b t a i n e dwi t ha c e r t ai nhar monyi nt hef or msi nahi ghl ys y mb o l i cwa y ;h ei sv e r ys k i l l e da td e v e l o p i n gal a n g u a g eo f e ni gma t i candpoe t i cabs t r ac t i on.Hes t andso u ta sav e r ye c l e c t i ca r t i s twh ol o v e st oe x p e r i me n tn e w t e c hni que sande x pr e s s i v el anguage s . Hi sar t wo r k s“s h i n e ”o f a ni n t e n s ec o mmu n i c a t i v ep o we rb a s e d onas t r ongc onc e pt uals t r uc t ur e . Thank st ot h eu n i o na n di n t e r a c t i o no ft h ed i f f e r e n te l e me n t sh eu s e s i nhi sar t wor k s , Cat al i ni sabl et os howape c u l i a re x e c u t i v es k i l l a n d , a b o v ea l l , a ni n t e r e s t i n gb a l a n c e ofs i gnsands y mbol st hatt e ndt oc har ac t e r i s et h e m. “I ft he r ei sone ar t h, andamongal lt he s et h i n g so fn o t h i n g ,ab e l i e fwo r t h yo fa d o r a t i o n ,i ft h e r ei s any t hi nghol y ,pur eands ubl i me , any t hi nga n s we r i n gt h a ti mmo d e r a t ed e s i r ef o rt h ei n f i n i t ea n dt h e v agu et hatwec al lt hes o u l ,i ti sa r t ”( Ci t .Gu s t a v eFl a u b e r t )
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How manypl ac e st oe x pl or e ,how manys u g g e s t i o n st ol i v e ,h o w ma n yt r i p st od o ?En d l e s s ! Ourunc ons c i ousof f e r suse ndl e s spos s i bi l i t i e s ,i two u l db ee n o u g ht or e l yo nt h edr e a mwo r l dt ol i v e ne wa ndc ount l e s se x pe r i e nc e s . El l i e ' swor ki sar e a ls t o r y , i ti sap o s t c a r do fa ni n t i ma t ej o u r n e y , i ti s t heme mor yofas ur r e alpl ac e .Al ands c apep r e s e n t si t s e l fb e f o r eu sa n dwer e c o g n i z ei t st r ad i t i o n a l i l l us i onsoff i gur at i v epai nt i ng,t he r e f or ei t sde p t h ,s p a c e ,f i g u r e s ,s h a d o wsa n dl i g h t s .Bu ti nwh a t r e al i t yhav ewee nde dup?A dr e aml i k es e t t i n g ,wh e r ee a c he l e me n th i d e same a n i n g ,p l a y i n ga f undame nt alr ol ei nr e adi ngt hewor k .Cl e a r l yEl l i e ' swo r ki si n s p i r e db yt h eg r e a tma s t e r so f s ur r e al i s m,t oDal ĂŹbuti npar t i c ul art he r ear es i mi l a r i t i e swi t ht h ea r to fY v e sT a n gu y .T a n gu yh i ms e l f t e l l sandde s c r i be sl ands c ape st hathav ea l lt h er e a lc h a r a c t e r i s t i c s ,b u ti nf a c tb e l o ngt ot h e unc o ns c i ousi magi nat i on. Thedomi nante l e me n to ft h ewor k" Dr e a ms "b yt h ea r t i s tEl l i ei st h ef i g u r e pl ac e di nt heuppe rar e aof t hec anv as , i t s e e mst ob eab i ge y e . I t b r i n g st omi n dt h ef a mo u s1 9 2 9s h o r t f i l m" Unc hi e nandal ou" ,pr oduc e dandpl ay e db yLu i sBu n u e la n dS a l v a d o rDa l ĂŹ .Wi t h o u td o u b tt h e mos ts i gni f i c antf i l m ofs ur r e al i s tc i ne ma.Al lt h e s ed e t a i l sma k eEl l i e ' swo r kar e a lh o ma g et ot h e af or e me nt i one dmov e me nt .I nc onc l us i on,t h ea r t i s tc r e a t e st h ep o s s i b i l i t yo fg r a s p i n gi nh e rwo r ka di me n s i onnott i e dt ot hec ont i nge ntr e al i t y ,b u tr a t h e rt oa ni n n e rwo r l d ,i nwh i c ht h eo b s e r v e rc a n di s c ov e rhi dde nme mor i e sandf e e l i ngs .
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Lu zSa nc he z Al lwec ans e ei nourl i f ei st hank st ot hel i g h t .Li g h ta l l o wsu st oo b s e r v et h ewo r l di nc o l o r . Eac hs ur f ac er e f l e c t sac ol ors ot hatwec ana d mi r ei t . Y e tt h ec o l o r si nl i f ea r en o tg i v e nb yt h es i mp l e phy s i c al f ac t of r e f l e c t i onof l i ght , i t i swewhoc a na n dmu s t c o l o ro u rl i f ewi t hj o y , l o v ea n dha pp i n e s s . Y e s ,be c aus eal i f el i v e di ns adne s sands o l i t u d ei sad u l ll i f e ,wi t h o u tc o l o r s .I ti su pt ou st oh o l dt h e br us handpai nti ti nbr i ghtc ol or s . Thee x pr e s s i v ep o we ro fc o l o r sa n dt h e i ra b i l i t yt og i v ej o yt owh o obs e r v et he m wi t hanope nhe ar thav eal way sb e e naf o r mi d a b l et o o l ,us e db ya r t i s t st oe x p r e s s t he ms e l v e sont hec anv asandgi v ej oyt owh oo b s e r v et h e i rc a n v a s e s .Th i si se x a c t l ywh a th a p p e n s wi t ht hewor k soft hear t i s tLuzSanc he z .He rc a n v a s e sp r e s e n t e dh e r ea n de n t i t l e d" Ot r a sMi r a da s " and" Eni gma"ar ei nf ac tar e ale x pl os i ono fl i f ea n dc o l o r s .I nt h ef i r s two r kt h e r ei sag a meo f gl anc e s :i ti snotonl ywewhoobs e r v et hewo r k ,b u ti ts e e ms ,t h r o u g hi t si n t e n s eg a z e ,i tt o oo b s e r v e s usandc al l sust oe nt e ri t swor l d.Thes pe c t a t o rf e e l so v e r wh e l me da n dd r a wni n t ot h ewh i r l wi n do f c ol or st hatf l oatont hec anv asi nabr i ghtd a n c e .I nt h es e c o n dwo r k ,h o we v e r ,t h et i t l eo ft h ewo r k i t s e l fs ugge s t st hatwear ef ac e dwi t hs ome t hi n gu n k n o wna n dn o twe l ld e f i n e d . Bu twh a tmo s ta t t r a c t s s ome one ' sc ur i os i t yi fnots ome t hi ngt he yhav et od i s c o v e rs l o wl y ?S o , o nt i p t o ewec a ne n t e rt h ewo r k andt hepos i t i oni ngoft hes hape sont hec an v a si n v i t e su st oe n t e rt h i ss o r to fna t u r a lwo r l d ,c r e a t e d byt hes ha pe sandc ol or sofLuz ' sbr us h.I nr e a l i t yt h emo s tc o l o r f u lwo r l dwec anme e ti sn o tt h er e a l e v e r y dayone , but i t i swhat weme e t i nourmo s t b e a u t i f u l d r e a ms , wi t ho u rmi n d . Ana l mo s t d r e a ml i k e ands ur r e alv i s i oni sgi v e nt ousbyLuzi nt h eo p e r a" Elc u a r t ov e r d e " .I tr e a l l ys e e mst oo b s e r v ea e am asane x t e r nals pe c t at or .Thef oc alc e n t e ro ft h ec o mp o s i t i o na r et h et wob o d i e so fma na n d dr womant hati nt hee mbr ac es e e mt ome r gei n t oas i n g l eb o d y :t h eb l u eo fh i sb o d yj o i n st h er e do fh e r bodyc r e at i ngas i ngl ebe i ngwi t hpur pl ehue s . " I she r et hes e c r e tofar t ?Re me mbe rhowt h ewo r kwa ss e e ni nad r e a ms t a t e ,l a u g ha ti ta si twa s s e e n, abo v eal lt r yt or e me mbe r .Be c a u s ep e r h a p sa l li n v e n t i n gi sr e me mb e r i n g . " ( c i t . El s aMo r a n t e )
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Me h a kMi t t a l “What e v e rours t r uggl e sandt r i umphs , howe v e rwema ys u f f e rt h e m,a l lt o os o o nt h e yb l e e di n t oa was h, j us tl i k ewat e r yi n ko np a p e r ”( c i t . Ar t h u rGo l d e n ) t t ali sas e l f t aughtI ndi anar t i s twh ol i v e sa n dwo r k si nLo n d o n .Wo r k i n ga sad e n t i s ta n d Me hakMi pr ac t i c i ngy ogaandpai nt i ngf orv oc at i o n,d u r i n gh e rl i f ej o u r n e yt h r o u g ht h r e ed i f f e r e n tc o n t i n e n t s , Me haki de nt i f i e st hec ommonde nomi nat oro fe x i s t e n c ei nt h ef a s c i n a t i o na n dc o nt e mp l a t i o nf o rt h e bondl e s sbe aut yofNat ur e :t hegr ac eofaf l y i n gb i r d ,t h ee l e g a n c eo famo v i n ga n i ma la n dt h e mul t i c ol our e dgr ac e f ul ne s sofs e ac r e at ur e s .Th eu s eo fwa t e r c o l o u r sa sh e rp r i ma r yme d i u mi s f unc t i onalt oc at c hi ng t he e s s e nc e ofmo v e me n ta n dt h ec o s mi c my s t e r y ofn a t u r a ll i f e . Fort hear t i s t , pai nt i ngt ak e sas pi r i t ual di me n s i o nwh i c hi ss i mi l a rt oaf o r mo f me d i t a t i o n :d u r i n gt h e c r e at i v epr oc e s sMe hak ’ smi ndi ss ur r ounde da n dt o t a l l ya b s o r b e db yt h es e q u e n c eo fb r u s hs t r o k e s andc ol our sasi tt r av e l sf r e e l yi nt of e e l i ngsa n dd r e a ms .I nt h i so n i r i cf l u i d ,a ne n d l e s ss e ao fi ma g e s ands ugge s t i onsi nmot i on,t hef ant as t i cc r e a t u r e st h a ts h ec r e a t e sc o meo u to fh e rp s y c h ea n ds wi m t hr ought hewav e sofourde e pe s te mot i ons .Th et r a n s p a r e n c yo fwa t e r c o l o u r sa l l o wst h ep i g me n t st o danc eandme l tonpape rs owehav et h epo s s i b i l i t yt od i v ei n t ot h ea b y s so fo u rc o n s c i o u s n e s s , apar al l e luni v e r s ewhe r ei magi nat i onandr e a l i t yl i v et o g e t h e rwi t h o u ta n yb o r de ra n dl i mi t a t i o n. Li k edr e amsdo,t hehe r ede pi c t e doc t opush a st h ec a p a b i l i t yo fc a mo u f l a g i n g ,h i d i n gi t sp r e s e n c et o t hee x t e r nalwor l d.I nt hes amewayt hate v e r yt h o u g h ta n dd e c i s i o nmo d i f i e sa n dt r a n s f o r mst h e nat ur eof s ubc ons c i ousde s i r e s , t hes e ac r e at u r ea d a p t sa n du s e si t st e n t a c l e st of i n dawa yt h r o u g ht h e dar kj our ne yac r os st heoc e ani cde pt hs . “Me r eoc t opust r aps :Ev ane s c e ntdr e amsb e n e a t h ,ami d s u mme rmo o n ”( c i t . Ma t s u oBas h o )
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Pe t e rBobbe t t “Idr e amofpai nt i ngandt he nIp a i n tmyd r e a m”( c i t . Vi n c e n tv a nGo g h ) Pe t e rBobbe t ti sas e l f t aughtar t i s tbor ni nHa r r o w Mi d d l e s e x ,n e a rLo n d o n .Hel o v e st od r a w, e x pe r i me ntandmi xt oge t he rdi f f e r e nts t y l e s ,f r o ma b s t r a c tt of l u i d ,f r o ml a n d s c a p et op o r t r a i t . Hi sar ti nv e s t i gat e st hedi f f e r e ntps y c hol ogi c a la s p e c t st h a th a v ea c c o mp a n i e dt h ea r t i s tt h r o u g h o u t hi sl i f e , f oc us i ngmai nl yont hee f f e c t sge ne r a t e db yh i su n c o n s c i o u s . Fo rc e n t u r i e s , a r t i s t st r i e dt of i n d t he i ri ns pi r at i oni ndr e ams , c has i ngc r e at i v ei n p u tf r o mt h ev e r yu n c o n s c i o u s . I ti sn o tb yc h a n c e , t h a t dr e amswe r et heor i gi nofs omeoft hemos tb r i l l i a n ti d e a si nt h eh i s t o r yo fh u ma n i t y .I ti si nt h i s e uph or i at hatSur r e a l i s mwasbor n,af t e rt hed a r ky e a r so ft h eGr e a tWa r .Amo v e me ntt h a ti n v o l v e d al lt hear t s ,s omuc ht hatPar i sde di c at e dt oi t ,i n1 9 2 5 ,t h ef i r s tEx p o s i t i o nI n t e r n a t i o n a ld u Sur r é al i s me . Sal v adorDal í andhi ss ur r e al i s t c o l l e a g u e sa r ei nf a c t t h eb e s t k n o wne x a mp l eo f h o wt h e anal y s i soft hedr e am i sus e dt oc r e at ewor k sd e p i c t i n ga l t e r n a t i v er e a l i t i e s ,h y b r i dc r e a t u r e sa n d my s t e r i ousobj e c t s , andhowi mpor t ant i t i sf o ra na r t i s t t ou n d e r s t a n dt h a t d r e a msi n f l u e n c ec r e a t i v i t y . Anar tt ot al l yai me dats e e k i ngame e t i ngpoi n tb e t we e nd r e a ma n dr e a l i t y . I n t e n to nb u i l d i n gah i g h e r , abs ol ut et r ut h,be c omi ngame ansoft ot all i b e r a t i o no ft h es p i r i ta n do fa l lt h a tr e s e mb l e si t . ForBobbe t t , pai nt i ngi sane x pr e s s i onof t heu n c o n s c i o u st h a t i ss t r u c t u r e di nal i b e r a t i n g , u n e x p e c t e d ande x pl os i v eway ,wi t houtr ul e sandpr ogr a ms ,a b o v ea n do u t s i d eo fa n yl o g i ca n dr a t i o n a ls t u d yo f r e al i t yi t s e l f .Pai nt i ngf ort hear t i s t ,be c ome st h emo me n twh e nt h ep s y c h ep r e c i p i t a t e si na r ta n di n whi c ht hei magi nar yf i ndsf or mandc ol our .Ont h ec a n v a sd r a g o n ss p i tf l a me sa n dc r e e p i n gs n a k e s , de f i ne dbyr e dac c e s sanddar kgr e e n, e x pr e s st h ea n c e s t r a ls o u lo ft h ea r t i s t . S y mb o l i c a l l yt h ed r a g o n i samy t hi c al l e ge ndar yf i gur ewi t ht hepowe ro fme t a mo r p h o s i s ,wh o s ea p p e a r a n c eh a sa l wa y sb e e n l i nk e dt ot her e s e mbl anc eofahuges nak e . Th e r e f o r e , wec o u l dt h i n ko fas t r o n gb o n dt h a tu n i t e st h e s e t woani mal s ,ass c ar yasunc ont r ol l abl e ,j us tl i k et h ee mo t i o n sa n df e e l i n g sg e n e r a t e dbyo u rd e e p unc o ns c i ous . “I ti sl i v i ngandc e as i ngt ol i v et hata r ei ma g i n a r ys o l u t i o n s .Ex i s t e n c ei se l s e wh e r e ” ( c i t . An d r éBr e t o n )
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“Wi t honee y e , s e ar c hi nt heout s i d ewo r l d ,wh i l ewi t ht h eo t h e r ,l o o kwi t h i ny o u ” ( c i t . Ame d e oMo d i g l i a n i ) Th ehumanbe i nghasal way shadt oi nt e r f ac ewi t ht wov i s i o n so f l i f e , d r e a ma n dr e a l i t y . Wh e na r eb o t h f e as i bl e ?Andwhe nt omak ee ac hot he rp r e v a i l ?Tj e e r dDo o s j e ' sp h o t o sc o n t a i nt h ema g i can d e nc hant me nti nt hee y e sofy oungwome nwh o ,wh i l ep o s i n gt o wa r d st h er e a l i t yo ft h el e n s ,h a v et h e i r mi nde l s e whe r e ,f araway-“f arf ar t he rt ha nt h en i g h ta n df a rh i g h e rt h a nt h ed a y " ,a st h eFr e n c h r e al i s tpoe toft het we nt i e t hc e nt ur yJ a c q u e sPr é v e r t eq u o t e d -t o wa r d sa wo r l d ma d eo f s ur dr e amsnot y e t f ul f i l l e d. Thee y e sof t he s ey ou n gwo me ne x p r e s sj o y , i n n o c e n c e , c h i l d h o o da n dmy s t e r y . Th ear t i s tdi v i de shi ms e l f :asapr of e s s orofma t h e ma t i c s-h i so t h e rwo r ka swe l la st h a to fa phot ogr aphe r-hepr e v ai l st hepr e c i s i ono ft h el e n sa n dp e r s p e c t i v ei nt h ep o r t r a i t s ,wh i l ea sa phot ogr aphe rhet r i e st oc apt ur et heunc o n s c i o u si t s e l f .Tj e e r dh a sa l wa y sb e e nf a s c i n a t e db y my s t e r i ousands we e tf ac e sandt he i rf e at ur e ss i n c eh eb e g a np h o t o g r a p h i n gc h i l d r e n :t h o s ef a c e ss o f ul lofi nnoc e nc eandwonde rov e r whe l me dh i m,i n v o l v e dh i ma n ds p u r r e dh i mt og r o wa n dd ot h e s e ar c hf orf ac e sandt he i rhi dde nde s i r e s ,h i sd r e a m.Th ep o e t r ya n dt h ed e l i c a c yo ft h ef e ma l ef a c e s t hathepor t r ay sal l owse v e r y onet oi magi n er e a ls t o r i e s .Th ewo me np o r t r a y e db yTj e e r da r ea s e ni gma t i candme l anc hol yast hos eofT ama r aDeLe mp i c k a ' sAr tDe c o ,r o ma n t i ca n de t h e r e a ll i k e t hos e of Modi gl i ani . The be aut y of wome na n dt h e i rd r e a ms e x p l o de st h a n k st oh i m.
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“Ar ti st odi s c ov e ri nr e al i t yc e r t ai ns i gnsa n dr e l a t i o n s h i p s ,l o g i c a l l yi n e x p l i c a b l e ,a n dt oe v o k e t he mbyc ommuni c at i ngt he m;s o,t h r o u g ht h e mt h er e a lwo r l dp r e s e n t si t s e l ft ou s " ( c i t . Ma s s i moBo n t e mp e l l i ) Awor kofar ti sak e yt oac c e s s i ngawor l dt h a ti st h ed i r e c te ma n a t i o no ft h ef e e l i n g sa n dwh a tt h e c r e at orar t i s thase x pe r i e nc e d.Bys t andi ngi nf r o n to fi ta n da d mi r i n gi t ,wea r el o o k i n gd i r e c t l yi n t o t hear t i s t ' se y e s ,whati si nhi sde e pe s ti nt i ma t e .Hei ss h o wi n gh i ms e l fc o mp l e t e l yn a k e dt ou s . Th ear t i s tVar daLe v yus e si mage soft h er e a lwo r l da n do fc o mmo nl i f et ot e l lu sa b o u th e rwo r l d t hr oughhe rwor k s .I nf ac t ,i nt he m wef i ndp e o p l ewhop e r f o r md a i l ya c t i o n s ,o b j e c t sa n dn a t u r a l e l e me nt st hatweus ual l ys e ear oundus .Ho we v e r ,a l lo ft h i sa l mo s ts e e mst ou sa si fi twe r ei na par al l e lwor l dandi nde e di ti s ,be c aus ewha twes e ei nt h ewo r ki sn o ti t sd i r e c tr e pr e s e n t a t i o n ,b u ti t i sVar da' sv i s i onoft hats ubj e c t .Wear eadmi r i n gh o wt h ea r t i s ts e e sr e a l i t ya n dwh a tma k e si tu p .
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I nt hi swayabus hof r e df l owe r s , whi c hc oul dp a s su n n o t i c e dd u r i n gawa l ki nt h en a t u r e , b e c o me st h e undi s put e dpr ot agoni s toft hewor ke nt i t l e d" Re dBl o o m" .Bu ti nt h i swo r k ,wea r eo b s e r v i n gho w Var d as e e sandi nt e r pr e t st he s ef l owe r s .Nat u r ee x p l o d e so nt h ec a n v a si nab r i g h ta n di nt e n s er e d , c apa bl e of gi v i ng us a s e ns e o f j o y a n d p e a c e a t f i r s t g l a n c e . I ns t e a di nt hewor ke nt i t l e d" Bl ueDr e am"amo me n to fr e l a x a t i o no fas i mp l eg i r lt u r n si nas wi r lo f l i ne s ,s hadowsands hade sofbl ueont hec a n v a s .Th eb l u eo ft h ej e a n ss e e mst os p r e a df r o mt h e m ar o undt hegi r l ,al mos tasi ft hec ol ori t s e l fwa se n v e l o p i n gh e ro ra si fi twe r eh e ro wnb o d yt h a t e manat e di t .Bl uehasal way sbe e nas y mbolo fs e r e n i t ya n db a l a n c e .Th eg i r lh a dc o mp l e t e l yme r g e d wi t ht hedr e ams hewasl i v i ngandnow, whe ns h ewa k e su p , s h ei sb r i n g i n gwi t hh e rt h es e n s a t i o n sa n d e mot i ons e x pe r i e nc e d, t o gi v e t he m t o u s , wh o o b s e r v e h e r f r o m a b o v e .
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