There's a therapeutic aspect to all making, but the nature of working …

Art Spiegelman
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There's a therapeutic aspect to all making, but the nature of working is to compress, condense, and shape stuff, not to just expunge it. It's not just an exorcism. ✨ Art Spiegelman on 'Breakdowns' Redux and the Dark Side of Tina Fey by Rebecca Milzoff, New York magazine, October 8, 2008.
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