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Color & Euphoria: 365 Days of Scribbling Volume 1. January 1st - June 30th, 2018
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Questioning Color Choices
For a visual designer and artist, color is one of the important tools you use to express your creation. So much so that you find yourself asking these same-patterned questions when creating something: “What colors do I use and why do I use it? If I use this and that color, what are the visual consequences that come in effect from the juxtaposition?” It’s these types of questions I find myself perpetually asking that lead me to reflect on, “What can I do to better expand my color vocabulary, and utilize a more diverse range of colors?” In attempts to challenge this growth, I created a year-long independent art project where I scribbled colorful drawings each day.
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A Euphoric Project
The purpose of this year-long project was to avoid habitually-selected colors and interact with foreign colors, while also disciplining myself to create something daily. “No rules: just do it and have fun,” was the project’s motto. And for 365 days, I created bundles of colorful pieces detailed with layers of colored linear patterns inspired by observations and experimentation. Literary and visual references such as these assisted in my project: Josef Albers’ book Interaction of Color, Sanzo Wada’s Haishoku Soukan, and Books of Colors: Matching Colors, Combining Colors, Color Designing, Color Decorating by Design Research from Japan. Other daily observations in nature, the fine arts, graphic design, and cultural or mundane objects has inspired and taught me well. Though I mentioned discipline, this year-long project felt free of labor, as each scribble seemed to express an innate desire to create something. These moments of starting a new piece daily—and finishing it—became a realm of euphoria and inspiration.
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This is a Reference Book
In concluding my year-long project, I realized the utility and function the drawings have for visual referencing. This two volume book, made for myself and others to reference, is an accumulation of those 365 pieces. I hope to break repetitive color-choosing habits, and inspire new color combinations out of the infinite amount that are possible. Just as each scribble piece is a rough-draft form of art making, free from laborsome crafting, the book also emulates the pieces’ rawness. No vigorous explanations to the proportion of colors used, nor the data of each colors’ names or codes, simply a visual narrative that translates a story through the combinations of various colors.
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Day Zero
Let the imagery convey its tonality, and let your God-given brain and passions become the tools of universe-making creativity.
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January 1st, 2018
Jellyfish Chandelier
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January 2â żd, 2018
Mandarin Peel
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January 3rd, 2018
Dancing Curry
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January 4th, 2018
The Forrester’s Night Watch
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January 5th, 2018
Fuming
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January 6th, 2018
The Mammalian Scales
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January 7th, 2018
The Pink Row Carousel
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January 8th, 2018
Fermented
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January 9th, 2018
Shroud
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January 10th, 2018
Trench
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January 11th, 2018
Dirt Webs
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January 12th, 2018
Dull Mint
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January 13th, 2018
One-Two Scramble
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January 14th, 2018
Techno Waves
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January 15th, 2018
Purple Moon
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January 16th, 2018
Vanity
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January 17th, 2018
Pinkish Ivy
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January 18th, 2018
Citrus Juice
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January 19th, 2018
Turtle’s Foot
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January 20th , 2018
Hand in the Water
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January 21st, 2018
Tundra
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January 22â żd, 2018
Under the Autumn Tree
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January 23rd, 2018
Crispy Mac
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January 24th, 2018
Pompeii
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January 25th, 2018
Hubbard Squash
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January 26th, 2018
Circle Dance
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January 27th, 2018
Butterfly Net
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January 28th, 2018
Pomegranate
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January 29th, 2018
Harvest Noon
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January 30th, 2018
Wheat Field
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January 31st, 2018
Snow Cone
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February 1st, 2018
Old Tennis Ball
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February 2ⁿd, 2018
Light Green Wisp
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February 3rd, 2018
Coniferous Gathering
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February 4th, 2018
Illumination Under the Swamp
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February 5th, 2018
Comet’s Hurl
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February 6th, 2018
Caterpillar
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February 7th, 2018
Old Snapper
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February 8th, 2018
Sanguine
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February 9th, 2018
Night Time Tumbleweed
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February 10th, 2018
Golden Pears
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February 11th, 2018
Purple Perennials
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February 12th, 2018
Blue Agate
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February 13th, 2018
Fantasy Lake
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February 14th, 2018
Night Algae
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February 15th, 2018
Macaroni Salad
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February 16th, 2018
Beehive
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February 17th, 2018
Evening at Mt. Kilimanjaro
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February 18th, 2018
Venerable
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February 19th, 2018
Deep Blue
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January 20th, 2018
Fukushima
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February 21st, 2018
Rooster’s Awakening
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February 22â żd, 2018
Pink Crab
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February 23rd, 2018
Pitchfork
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February 24th, 2018
Hay Bale
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February 25th, 2018
Crimson Ant
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February 26th, 2018
Mantle
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February 27th, 2018
Whirlpool
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February 28th, 2018
The Sloth’s Sea
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March 1st, 2018
Triumphant
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March 2â żd, 2018
Emerald
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March 3rd, 2018
Mud & Lake
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March 4th, 2018
Sand & Ocean
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March 5th, 2018
The Hearth
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March 6th, 2018
Rosea
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March 7th, 2018
Three Cheeses
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March 8th, 2018
Ominous Wall
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March 9th, 2018
Cauldron
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March 10th, 2018
Ivory
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March 11th, 2018
Stratus
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March 12th, 2018
Sleet
March 13th, 2018
The Soft Blankets of Midnight
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March 14th, 2018
Static
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March 15th, 2018
Limeade Punch
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March 16th, 2018
Lilac
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March 17th, 2018
Village Night
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March 18th, 2018
Glass and Juice
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March 19th, 2018
The Abyssal
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March 20th, 2018
Nocturne
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March 21st, 2018
Desert Blooms
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March 22nd, 2018
Cookie
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March 23rd, 2018
Glorified
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March 24th, 2018
Cinnamon Mix
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March 25th, 2018
Pale Strawberry
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March 26th, 2018
Jupiter
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March 27th, 2018
Rocket Blast
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March 28th, 2018
Dust Bunny
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March 29th, 2018
Gum Under Tables
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March 30th, 2018
Submarine
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March 31st, 2018
Watermelon
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April 1st, 2018
Ballroom
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April 2nd, 2018
Enveloping Moss
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April 3rd, 2018
The Sunken Cathedral
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April 4th, 2018
Marine Cello
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April 5th, 2018
Fiction Morning
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April 6th, 2018
The Mountains’ Mists
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April 7th, 2018
A Tiger in its Hidden Form
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April 8th, 2018
Emporium
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April 9th, 2018
Passionate Friction
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April 10th, 2018
Umber
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April 11th, 2018
Collecting Bacteria
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April 12th, 2018
Fissure
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April 13th, 2018
Hidden Scripts in Reflection
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April 14th, 2018
Bullet Holes
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April 15th, 2018
Three Structures
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April 16th, 2018
Clouded Shorelines
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April 17th, 2018
Frenzied Lips
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April 18th, 2018
Orange and Blue
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April 19th, 2018
Sea Foam
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April 20th, 2018
Rusting Metals
April 21st, 2018
The Light on the Open Meadow
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April 22nd, 2018
Kappa’s Hairline
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April 23rd, 2018
Dijon
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April 24th, 2018
Faded Portrait
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April 25th, 2018
Carnivore and Prey
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April 26th, 2018
Four Pillars
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April 27th, 2018
Silk Afloat in the Flower’s Dream
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April 28th, 2018
Ripples
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April 29th, 2018
Spring and Lily Pads
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April 30th, 2018
The Healing of the White Moon
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May 1st, 2018
Plaid
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May 2nd, 2018
Vermillion Purple
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May 3rd, 2018
Egg Yolk
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May 4th, 2018
Sour Sky
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May 5th, 2018
Juggle
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May 6th, 2018
Morning Prairie
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May 7th, 2018
Indian Festival
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May 8th, 2018
Golden Hills
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May 9th, 2018
A Leap into a Cloud
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May 10th, 2018
Mantis Shrimp
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May 11th, 2018 Windmill Farm
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May 12th, 2018 Plateau of Mercy
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May 13th, 2018
In a Letter
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May 14th, 2018
Life Force
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May 15th, 2018
The City of Many Festivals
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May 16th, 2018
Oil in the Rivers
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May 17th, 2018
Radiance of the Sunflowers
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May 18th, 2018
Solemnity
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May 19th, 2018
The Eyes of the Woods
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May 20th, 2018
Tomato
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May 21st, 2018
The Cat in the Garden
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May 22nd, 2018
Final Greetings
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May 23rd, 2018
The Heart of the Tree
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May 24th, 2018
Raspberry Cheesecake
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May 25th, 2018
Sea Urchin
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May 26th, 2018
Burning Fields
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May 27th, 2018
Gathering of the Orphan Stars
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May 28th, 2018
Scaleless Rainbow Fish
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May 29th, 2018
Red Deer
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May 30th, 2018
Treasure Map
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May 31st, 2018
The Cavern of Deep Secrets
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June 1st, 2018
The Bullet Train by the Countryside
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June 2nd, 2018
Phosphorus
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June 3rd, 2018
101 Dalmatians
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June 4th, 2018
The Scream Falling
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June 5th, 2018
Jungle
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June 6th, 2018
Orange Jewelweed
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June 7th, 2018
Sunset Snow
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June 8th, 2018
Parrot Fish
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June 9th, 2018
The Embryo in the Egg
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June 10th, 2018
Fox’s Trail
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June 11th, 2018
Light Walnut
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June 12th, 2018
Bat Cavern
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June 13th, 2018
Heart Seeker
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June 14th, 2018
Hidden Tempest
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June 15th, 2018
Grime on the Landscape
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June 16th, 2018
Selah
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June 17th, 2018
The Realms of the Celestial River
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June 18th, 2018
Umber
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June 19th, 2018
Euplastic
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June 20th, 2018
Sandstorm
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June 21st, 2018
The Valley of Lukewarmness
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June 22nd, 2018
The Binding of Agreements
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June 23rd, 2018
Where One and Two Meet
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June 24th, 2018
Gazes at the Underwater Temple
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June 25th, 2018
Dry Ice
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June 26th, 2018
The Molecular View of a Pea
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June 27th, 2018
Hugs that Kill Fear
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June 28th, 2018
The Craters
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June 29th, 2018
The Garden of Literature
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June 30th, 2018
A Tasteful Sherbet
End of Volume 1.
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Photography, Drawings, Author:
Michael Chou