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Day 24: Over It | 28 x 20
The towels that blotted out the sun | Art by Stephanie Clark
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Day 23: Pop Life | 28 x 20
Of course the people on Montrose Beach that day weren’t really singing | Art by Romare Bearden
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Day 22: Objectives | 28 x 20
A leather belt clip and red lipstick on a coffee cup | Art by Katherine Bernhardt
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Day 21: Half | 28 x 20
Between the folds | Illustration from The Anatomy of Plants
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Day 20: Sweet or Sour | 28 x 20
The way it worked | Screenshot from "Nights of Cabiria"
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Day 19: Crabs | 28 x 20
A day for play | Photo by Helena Kvarnström
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Day 18: Blinking | 28 x 20
There were different kinds of aliveness | Collage by Lynda Barry
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Day 17: Secondary Events | 28 x 20
One time, two narratives | Art by Odili Donald Odita
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Day 16: Blow It Out | 28 x 20
Before you know it, you are swimming | Collage by Shane Allison
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Day 15: Joe and Shane | 28 x 20
Eating apricot pie and trying to open a coconut with a knife
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Day 14: What's In a Name | 28 x 20
Born like me | Art: Kara Walker
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Day 13: Proof | 28 x 20
Look, see for yourself | Photo by Duane Michals
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