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Salvage Hardware From Old Backpacks

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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Over the last couple of years, I’ve found some wonderful hardware to salvage before throwing away the old backpacks from the kids’ school year.

If A Closure Can Secure A Pocket, It Can Secure A Minibook

Do you see the pink closure on the minibook in the picture above? I cut it out of my daughter’s backpack a year ago(it was on a side pocket) and added some pink wire and a charm. Here’s how it works:

1. Use a utility blade or scissors to cut away the material that encloses the closure. Then cut the bungee-like cord away from the back pack.

2. Add a charm to one end of the cord (if your charm comes from an old unloved bracelet or necklace, that makes it even better!).

3. Put the two ends of the chord together and wrap multiple times with a thin wire.

4. When you’re almost done wrapping the wire, position the charm over the center of the wired area and feed the wire through the ring of the charm. Then wrap the wire one or two more times.

More Backpack Hardware Ideas

Every backpack has its own sweet surprises. While this year’s packs didn’t have any closures like the one above, Trinity’s did have these:

I love the stitching on these.

This mesh will be a great way to add texture to a layout.

I might feed some ribbon through this clasp. You could probably feed two or three narrow ribbons side by side for a fun mix of patterns.

Remember to examine items for potential before throwing them away. It’s at least as fun as shopping. I promise.

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Posted in Altered Projects, Creativity, Instructions, Lesson, Minibooks, Reuse Found Items, Scrapbooking, Tutorial | Comments

Paperclipping 48 – Summer Elements

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Paperclipping 48 - Summer Elements

Today’s episode is short and sweet, perfect for what we’re enjoying right now–summer time! If you’re already taking photos at the pool or beach, you might get a few ideas for your next layout.

Here are the show notes for this episode.

Posted in Creativity, Lesson, Podcast, Scrapbook-Layout, Scrapbooking, Tutorial, Vidcast, Video Podcast, Vlog, Vodcast | Comments

Get More Inspiration From Scrapbook Idea Sources.

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

I often read complaints on message boards from scrapbookers who are unhappy when they aren’t able to find many layouts to “scraplift” from a particular issue of a magazine.

This criteria for what makes a magazine issue “good” interests me, since I don’t scraplift other people’s layouts. Clearly, I have a different set of criterion for what will make a magazine worth its money. I decided to conduct an activity that would illustrate how you can take inspiration from layouts that have a different style, topic, or number of photos, from what you have.

On Tuesday night for Paperclipping Live I challenged Dedra Long and myself to take inspiration from one of the layouts in the gallery. We chose Iraida’s layout, “Oh No He Di’nt!” which is the second layout down in this posting.

My Layout

I liked how Iraida juxtaposed a circular formation with her horizontal block of photos. I also liked the vertical line on the left. I made these two elements my starting point. I found a photo and a piece of green memorabilia (no longer on the layout) and went to work with the idea of an overall perpendicular structure and a circle of some kind behind it. All of the other elements of my page, such as colors, paper layering, embellishments, title placement/topic, and journaling placement, would come from within myself.

As I worked on my layout, I found that I wasn’t enjoying any of my attempts at a vertical line, so I tossed that idea and focused on the horizontal block with a circle behind it. I also didn’t like how my green piece of memorabilia added an uncomplimentary sixth color to my combination. It was just too much. I decided to save the piece for another layout and stuck with the photo, instead.

Iraida’s Layout

Oh, No He di'nt!
One thing you may have noticed if you watched Paperclipping Live is that Dedra and I never once looked back to the original layout that inspired ours. We studied it once, decided which elements stood out to us that we might use ourselves, and then mashed those ideas with our own way of scrapbooking.

When I look at magazines, I don’t normally specify a layout like this to work from. I do spend a lot of time studying many of the layouts. I study not only the ones that I love, but also the ones I don’t. I ask myself why that layout isn’t working for me. This says nothing about the talent of the original scrap-artist; it just helps me to better understand my own preferences. I also ask myself what about the layout got the editor’s attention. Maybe there is something I can glean from that layout, even if the colors or style or design focus is not me.

All of these observations go into my head to combine with previous ideas and my own way of doing things. When I sit down to scrap it’s my head and feelings I take with me, not my magazines.

Dedra’s Layout

Dedra was also attracted to the circular shape on Iraida’s layout and felt inspired to use a circular piece of paper she had in her stash as the foundation of her page. She also loved that Iraida was willing to use a blurry photo because it supported a story she wanted to tell. Dedra decided to go with one of her own blurry photos, which tells a story about something her daughter regularly does right now.

With just those two pieces of inspiration, Dedra was armed and ready to work her classic Dedra-style into a layout truly her own.

Taking Inspiration vs. Scraplifting

I am not saying people shouldn’t scraplift. I think scraplifting is an important part of learning to scrapbook, either as a beginner, or as veteran who wants to try something new. But if you find yourself dependent on scraplifting for many of your layouts, how can your own personality shine through? And if you require scrapliftable layouts from magazines or online scrapbooking sources, perhaps you’re not getting as much as you could out of them.

More On Style

Over the next week we will spend a lot more time talking about personal style. We’ll talk about discovering it and expanding it. I’ll share the story of my own style journey. And you’ll get to see more from Dedra as we conduct an style-exchange experiment. Stay tuned!

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Journaling on Noell’s page is written to Trinity and reads: Trinity, you often tell me how cute Aiden is. I love how much you adore him; how you play with him; take care of him. Such a doting big sister. What a lucky boy he is.

It goes the other way, too, though. Recently Aiden asked if he can have another girlfriend. “Who’s your first girlfriend? I asked, bewildered. “Trinity.” He answered. He’s got such a wonderful sister, he figured that another one will be double the fun and love. He also asked me once if he could marry you, since Mom’s already taken. Give love and you usually get it back.

Journaling on Dedra’s Layout is written to Ellie and reads: There is no doubt you have the gift for making very silly faces…Silly faces and constant giggling make for a not so perfect photo that I will always cherishl…This picture is the proof…

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Memorializing Flat Stanley

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Have your kids done the Flat Stanley project in school yet? This is a popular school assignment where students make a large paper “Stanley” and send it to an out-of-state relative or friend. The relative is supposed to send photos, postcards, or souvenirs that represent the location back to the class. It’s a fun way to learn about geography.

My son sent his Flat Stanley to my parents in Kansas City last year and the pictures we got back were priceless. They reminded me of the sense of humor and creativity my parents always had when it came to my own school projects growing up.

I wanted a simple way to tell the story of my parents and Flat Stanley so my kids will know how their grandparents put their hearts into a project. Since the featured subject of the photos was a paper doll, and not my parents, making these into a quick mini-book made more sense to me than scrapbook page. My goal here was not long-term preservation but to tell a story my kids can enjoy right now.

To stiffen the picture-pages, I put thin chipboard between the pairs of front-to-back photos and adhered them together. You could adhere pairs of photos together without chipboard in-between if stiffness is not important to you.

If you do use the thin chipboard, be sure to round your corners before adhering each piece. Paint the edges so each page feels like one piece instead of two or three pieces together.

Involve Your Child

This is where I admit that I jumped on this project and did it all by myself. But now that I think about it, this would have been a very simple thing for my son to help with. Any child can round corners and all children love to paint. Not only would it be great together time, but I could have better reinforced to Blake how clever my parents were.

If your children’s school doesn’t do this project, there is no reason you and your family couldn’t do it yourselves. Click here to learn about the Flat Stanley geography project.

Posted in Altered Projects, Creativity, Minibooks, Scrapbooking | Comments

Challenge Yourself For National Scrapbook Day

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Below are seven different challenges for National Scrapbook Day. You do not have to do all of them. I wanted to offer a variety of options so you can choose the ones that best suit you. The more you do, the better your chances of winning. You may repeat the same challenge.

You do not have to be present at the live event to participate in the challenges. I will give out some prizes during the live event to those who are present in the chat. I will award other prizes on the blog on Sunday based on the challenges below.

For each layout or project you upload to flickr, which you must base on one of the following challenges, you will be entered in a drawing for prizes. You have until the end of Saturday to upload your layouts. In the description, please tell us which challenge you used. I will choose randomly from these layouts for the final drawings.

Please do not enter layouts you completed before reading this entry. It’s okay to finish a layout or project you already started as long as you implement one of these challenges.

Challenges:

1. Create a layout or other project using a principle from any one of the Paperclipping Video Tutorials (links are at the right). Upload your layout to flickr. In the description, please share which video you used and how.

2. Recycle an item from your life by incorporating it into the design of your layout. Upload your layout to flickr and tell us what the item is in your description.

3. Begin a mini-book. Choose the photos and a theme. Gather papers, then embellishments, that reflect the theme. Put it all in a pile and photograph it. Upload your photo to flickr and in the description tell us how the products reflect the theme of the mini-book you will be putting together.

4. Words aren’t the only way to tell a story. Make a layout that uses something visual to help tell your story on a layout. Upload your layout to flickr and share with us what visual element you used on your page to communicate an idea or emotion.

5. Use your wonderful scraps. Make a layout that uses at least 3 different scraps of patterned paper. Upload the layout to flickr.

6. Design a layout in this order:
a. Choose the photos.
b. Write journaling on some scrap paper or make notes of the emotion or tone.
c. If you have more than one photo, choose a focal point photo (unless it’s a collage where all photos are equal).
d. Decide approximate photo placement. (Don’t freak out here…you’re free to change your mind at any time).
e. Based on where you think you’ll place your photo, choose paper size and pick your background paper.
f. Choose other papers with colors and/or patterns that remind you of the tone of your layout’s story.
g. Design your layout with the photos, papers, journaling, title. Tape everything down.
h. Add your embellishments last.

7. Design a layout where you cluster at least three embellishments around a title, a photo, or a line.

I will come back tomorrow with a link to the new Paperclipping Flickr Group. You can see the schedule for the three different live events here.

Posted in Altered Projects, Art, Craft, Creativity, Design, Holidays, Journaling, Live Show, Live Streaming, Minibooks, Scrapbook-Layout, Scrapbooking, color | Comments

Paperclipping 41 – Everything Is Fixable

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Paperclipping 41 - Everything is Fixable

See what I did to fix the cover of the altered board book I worked on during Paperclipping Live.

Posted in Altered Projects, Books, Creativity, Design, Lesson, Minibooks, Podcast, Scrapbooking, Tutorial, Vidcast, Video Podcast, Vlog, Vodcast, color | Comments

Announcements: National Scrapbook Day!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

To celebrate our amazing hobby, we’ll have challenges and prizes on National Scrapbook Day during three different sessions of Paperclipping Live, Saturday, May 3rd.

Please join us at any of these times:

8:30 -10:30am

1:00-3:00pm

7:00-8:30pm

If you’re unsure of the time zone difference, look for your city on this website and then compare it to my city, which is Phoenix.

Remember to register for Skype (it’s free) if you’d like to call into the show to ask a question or share something cool.

I hope you’ll prepare to spend the day scrapbooking with others of the Paperclipping audience and me. During the week before our celebration, I will announce some of the challenges so you can get a head start.

I am preparing a Paperclipping Flickr Page so you will be able to upload your layouts and projects and participate in the challenges. I can’t wait to party with you!

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Featured Artist and Project: Dina Wakley and her “Memory Box” Layout

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Dina Wakley is an organic, artistic scrapbooker and she recently designed a project for a very unique challenge blog called, Inspired By Amelie. I adore Dina’s project and knew I had to highlight it and Dina as the featured artist and project this week. It is one of the more unique scrapbooking projects I’ve seen in a while.

What I love about Dina’s “Memory Box:”

1. The balance between strong design (the lined up boxes) and free-flowing art (the imperfect stamping and stitching, the dash of red in the backround, the fact that she stitched right over some of the memorabilia as they stick out from their perfect spaces).

2. The gathering of REAL everyday items.

3. The bold, passionate colors.

4. The childhood song, which instantly sent me back to the 1970’s and my childhood.

5. The fact that some of the items overlap, especially how part of the ephemera is hiding behind the page protector.

I had some questions for Dina regarding her project and I figured you would, too. Continue reading to learn more about it.

Interview

You are on the design team for the Inspired By Amelie blog and that’s what inspired this project. Will you tell us about that blog and what it is?
My friend Fauve started the Amelie blog out of a love for the film Amelie. She saw lots of potential for scrapping inspiration in the movie, and she invited a bunch of us to contribute to a challenge blog about it. The idea is to be inspired by the film…its spirit, its colors, its themes.

We have a challenge every month, and every month Fauve lines up a great sponsor for the prize.

What was the challenge that led to your “Memories” project?
In the film, Amelie finds a memory box behind the wall in her bathroom. The box belonged to a boy who had lived in her apartment in the 1950s. Amelie sets out to return the box to its rightful owner.

The scrapping challenge for the blog was to create a memory box of some sort.

How did you decide on the items you put in the page protector?
First I sent my kids on a hunt throughout the house…they brought me a few things (the Legos!). So those things represent my kids. The pieces of film are mine and represent my love for photography and pictures. There are a few coins there from our trip to England last year, and there’s a bit of a map from our China trip two years ago. The mini photographs are from the England trip, too.

The other elements all come from my stash of collage treasures–things that I like and that I tend to hoard, like old stamps and keys and clock faces. The verse that I stamped is from an old playground song that we used to sing as kids.

What were the general steps for putting it together?
Well, at first this challenge to create a memory box stumped me, because I’m really not good at altering 3-D things. Then I got the idea to collect elements together in a scrapbook page format instead of a box format.

I started with the sheet protector–it’s a sheet protector that holds slides, so it’s already divided up into little compartments. I found elements to go in the compartments and then I sewed around them so they wouldn’t fall out. Then I inked & stamped the cardstock, and combined it all together.

How did you attach the plastic page protector to the cardstock?
You can’t see it in the picture, but I stapled it.


What is the technique for getting that red paint look?
I laid down some metal mesh, and I sprayed over it with Terracotta Color Wash Spray Ink by Tim Holtz.

The page protector looks like it was already divided into square compartments and then you stitched more squares through it. Is that right? What size is it and who makes it?
Yep, it’s a protector to hold slides. I got it from Light Impressions.

Will you be putting this into another page protector and then into an album, or did you make it to display on its own?
Good question…I’m really not sure! I will likely find a way to incorporate it into an album.

Inspiration

I can think of so many ways to apply this. Just off the top of my head, you could use it to gather and showcase items from:
1. Vacation
2. Childhood
3. Wedding
4. Birth (yours or your children’s)
5. An ancestor or relative who has died
6. A day’s worth of errands
7. Your current hobby or passion

What could you use this idea for?

To see more of Dina’s scrapbooking and art journaling, visit her blog, Ponderings.
Thank you, Dina, for sharing your unique project with us!

Posted in Altered Projects, Art, Craft, Creativity, Design, Interviews, Lesson, Scrapbook-Layout, Scrapbooking, color | Comments

Paperclipping 37 – Scrapbooking With Kids

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Paperclipping 37

I will be back later to add the show notes.

In this episode I make a big announcement. You may have already noticed a few changes on the website. You can go to the Membership Information page of this site to find out more.

Posted in Craft, Creativity, Lesson, Podcast, Scrapbooking, Tutorial, Updates, Vidcast, Video Podcast, Vlog, Vodcast | Comments

My Top 5 Sources Of Daily Inspiration

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

I had this request for a Paperclipping topic:

“I’d love to see an episode on what energizes and inspires you when you create your pages. We get a personal glimpse of this on Tuesday nights when you are live. What I am wondering is if you read magazines, have an inspiration binder, collect quotes, or tear out ads from mags that inspire you with a design concept. What inspires you and how do you use it in your art/scrapbooking?”

I get my creative energy and and inspiration from all kinds of sources, but when it comes to actually sitting down to scrapbook, my inspiration is a combination of the photos and stories I’m preparing to share, the emotions I feel regarding them, the products I have on-hand, and the store of mental images that float in my head and heart.

In other words, I don’t usually bring other people’s art to my table while I am actually scrapbooking. I don’t collect images in an inspiration binder like a lot of scrapbookers do. But I do read magazines and study others’ art very analytically and I learn a lot of general principles that way. I let the images and thoughts swim in my head so that when I come to my table I have a new combination of ideas.

5 Things That Inspire me

1. Reading Non-Fiction While On My Treadmill
I usually come up with new page topics this way. The exercise releases endorphins, while at the same time I’m learning and thinking about life and the world. I find that very inspiring.

2. Clothing and Fashion
I love the color combinations and interesting bead-work, stitching, and patterns.

3. Art
This is a big one. Abstract or modern art, collage art, handmade items in etsy shops, all inspire me. When looking at them, I like to imagine how I can translate similar ideas into my scrapbooking.

4. Music, especially when driving
My mind is most free to explore music and lyrics while in a car. Music often brings to mind concepts for layout topics and journaling. But the rhythm and dynamics of music also translate into visual ideas for me. Maybe this is a topic we can explore in a future posting.


5. Scrapbooking Magazines
There are three main ways I learn from looking at the scrapbooking of other people. When I see layouts I like, I ask myself why it works for me. I figure out what makes the design strong and how scrapbooker achieved what she did. If I find myself saying I don’t care for a layout, I also ask myself why. This helps me figure out what my own tastes and preferences are. I also look for ways that other people do things differently from myself so that I don’t fall into a rut.

That is an important idea; that we can benefit from layouts that have totally different styles and subject matters than what we like. There is always something to learn from other people.

There are so many other ways I get my inspiration. Anything visually pleasing attracts my attention and I always stop to explore the different elements and how they come together to make an alluring visual. It could be a craft item, a movie (I love the way good videographers frame their shots), non-scrapbooking magazines, architecture, dance choreography, or photography. All of these artistic forms have given me ideas.

The elements of design and the things humans find aesthetically pleasing are the same from one form to the next. It’s just a matter or learning how to translate those ideas into whatever art form you do.

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Like This
12×12 Layout

Journaling to my son reads: Normally when I get out the camera anymore you either duck and take cover or you flash me a series of crazy faces. But today you wanted a picture of yourself doing something different. What does your pose mean? I have NO IDEA.

To see an enlargement of layout, click here.

Supplies: Patterned paper (Making Memories, My Mind’s Eye, other unknown) * Chipboard letters (Heidi Swapp) * Transparency (Hambly) * Chipboard embellishment (Scenic Route) * Bling (Me and My Big Ideas, Heidi Swapp) * Rub-on (7 Gypsies) * cup of milk embellishment (cut out from a cereal box).

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What Are Your Colors?

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Most of my life, my favorite color has been (and still is) orange. Before I “discovered” orange, though, it was red. And secretly, I have had a life-long hidden love affair with combinations of blue and green.

As it happens, these are also the colors that I feel best represent me; both the outward parts of my personality, as well as the inner, less-acknowledged parts.

Make a layout about YOU…with colors that relate to your personality.

I wanted to put together a layout to commemorate 35 years of wonderful life. In other words, a scrapbook page that shares how I felt about turning 35, and I decided to use my colors.

Do you associate color to different aspects of your personality? Various programs assign a color to personality types, but human beings are complex animals and, at least for me, one color just doesn’t say it all.

The way I associate color may not necessarily coincide with general color theories, but it is pretty close. The important thing is how YOU associate color to yourself, not how others associate color, and it will be a fun exercise for you to create a layout about yourself using those colors.

Why Orange and Red represent my extroverted nature.

I enjoy people, the more unique they are the better. I derive a lot of energy by being around others. Especially when I am in front of them. I have a streak of the bold, intense, assertive red, but mostly I am orange: red mixed with the carefree sunshine of yellow. And because orange is a bit quirky and unusual, I feel it fits me perfectly.

Why Orange and Green represent my introverted side.

People have always pegged me as an extrovert, but my introverted inner life dominates me just as much as my extroverted side does. I have just as much of a need to be alone as I do to be around others. I love being alone with my thoughts. I love reading and going places on my own. And when it comes to my creativity, I’m a loner all the way. In school I preferred doing projects independently, rather than in a group. And if I don’t have lots of regular alone time, I feel my life is out of my control. And believe me, my red streak means I like my control.

I associate this quiet introspective inner world of mine with blue and green together. Not blue by itself. Not green on its own. But the two of them together in various shades of aqua or combined but not mixed. I have always loved this combination of colors, but have never listed them as my favorite. I am revealing this secret part of myself for the first time right now.

What Are Your Colors?

Now that I’ve shared my colors with you, how about sharing yours with me? Don’t just pick one. I know you’re a more intricate being than that. What colors do you associate with your own nature? Make a layout or visual art piece that demonstrates it. If you post your stuff online, leave a link to your piece by leaving a comment.

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Featured Project: Dedra Long’s Altered Book

Friday, August 24th, 2007

When it comes to two-dimensional pages in a book, Dedra Long breaks boundaries. She expands her art past the barriers of the page and the book.


Don’t you love that doorknob?


Altered books tend to be more about the art and the story, and less about the long-term preservation of photos. This means lots of room to play.

Dedra definitely plays. She expands her books, filling them with so many three dimensional wonders that what you are looking at in the picture below is the book when it is shut! She has opened up the possibilities and they are bursting out of her books.


I interviewed Dedra a while back about her minibooks and as our conversation steered toward her altered books, she promised to provide Paperclipping with photos of her “Me” book.


Putting her classy, yet artsy, style aside, Dedra adds things to her books that I would have never considered!


Here’s another view of the gigantic wooden letters Dedra attached to this page. I also love the 3-D effect of the word, “defined.”


I love that Dedra goes beyond the page by adding inserts to journal on, like you see on the tag below:


For each “page” of her altered book, Dedra gathers a chunk of the original pages and binds them together. While some people glue their pages together, you can see in the two photos below that Dedra uses decorative binding like clips, posts, and gaffer tape.


These barely-altered in-between pages are a nice touch of style and also give a breathing cushion between each of the dazzling art pieces on the other side.


Dedra ended this book with an accordion extension:




If you couldn’t get enough of Dedra Long’s gorgeous altered book, there is more! I created a set on my flickr account of every page of Dedra’s book. Enjoy!

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Visual Communication: How To Tell A Story Using A Visual Language

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Would you have guessed that this layout, “New Schedules,” tells two stories? The first is through the journaling, the second through the visuals.

The journaling reads:

For me, the beginning of summer means a new schedule. I love when school starts or ends and I get to work a new schedule that ensures I exercise and get some creative time. I don’t know why the ritualistic reworking of my schedule became such a huge motivator for me. I do know that it creates a sense of order that I like. It is a sort of “insurance” that I use my time the way I really want to. Call it OCD. At least it works. For me.

As I thought about the design of this layout, my initial idea was to use a clean, organized style to represent the orderly nature of planning a schedule.

But there is a truth that I didn’t include in the journaling; the story behind the story.

The fact is, my love for creating a weekly schedule is compensation for my having Attention Deficit Disorder. Because of my coping strategies, certain parts of my life are ridiculously organized; but inside, my brain is spinning in a million directions and I can be quite scattered, forgetful, and I love to jump from one action to the next before I’ve completed anything.

My schedule-creating habit began in high school because of my insightful parents. I use that skill to reel in my flighty tendencies. Since then I have found that this system of “imposed order” actually allows me to release my creativity in functional ways so I can finish the projects I was so excited to start!

Now you know the story behind the story and the reason for the messy style which I chose for this layout. I added the hand-stitched circle as the one element of self-created order (the orderly calendars are not self-created) that keeps me centered.

The butterfly, which is the symbol I use to represent my creativity, releases itself from the circle.

Next time you work on a layout, think about the story behind the story; the characteristics of the person about whom you are scrapbooking; the emotions of the event; or any other details that you just didn’t want to include in the journaling. How can you express them visually?

Will it be obvious to others what you are trying to say? No. And it doesn’t need to be. Keen observers might get a sense for it. Most importantly, you expressed your version of your world. And while others may not get it, you do.

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