Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to thro…

Diane Ackerman
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Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to throw buckets of light into the shadows and make life new again. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2011). A Natural History of the Senses, p.9, Vintage
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Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to throw buckets of light into the shadows and make life new again. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2011). A Natural History of the Senses, p.9, Vintage

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