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Most great art is created when the artist feels they are channeling something rather than trying to communicate something.

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Author
Screenwriter
Writer
Pearland
Texas
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Art
Feels
Great
Trying
Channeling
Something
Communicate

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