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The Observer and the Observed
On possible selves and the one in the mirror
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What Does It Mean to Look at This?
When the artificial forces us to reckon with the real.
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Come Together
In pride, rage and protest.
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"We Regret to Inform You"
On plodding past rejection.
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A Line and a Curve
On embracing complexity.
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The Tyrant King
Why making matters, even (and especially) when it feels impossible.
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What is love?
And what do we seek to find through it?
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Hark! What lurks in the dark?
Approach with caution.
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Traveling Light
On the holiday self.
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Now and Zen
Now and Zen
A picture book about befriending the monkey mind.
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