...[T]here should be a real sense of your imagination and your memorie…

Anne Lamott
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...[T]here should be a real sense of your imagination and your memories walking and woolgathering, tramping the hills, romping all over the place. Trust them. Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.112, Anchor
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