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Empty Spaces:After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures.

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Brian Andreas
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 17
Artist
Painter
Writer
Iowa City
Iowa
Bird
Empty
Creatures
Died
Space
Gently
Father
Spaces
Left
Carried
Life
Birds

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