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The purpose of truly transcendent art is to express something you are not yet, but something that you can become.

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Alex Grey
Age: 70
Born: 1953
Born: November 29
Artist
Drawer
Painter
Performance Artist
Sculptor
Columbus
Ohio
Alex V. Grey
Transcendent
Express
Truly
Purpose
Art
Become
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