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Read MoreYou cannot trust your day-in and day-out feelings about your creative work. These are no gauge. They are no metric. They are far too fickle. …
Read MoreAnd may the sweetness of the Master our God be upon us and the work of our hands firmly found for us, and the work…
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Read MoreThe famed prophet and shipbuilder lays in his tent on his deathbed. Family gathers, as family will. Each takes a turn at his side'a few…
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