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As the artist matures she is continuously shaken by what she manages to discover: by the earth shifting beneath her feet once again, by her own amazed, ringing laughter.

Eric Maisel

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
Author
Playwright
Psychologist
Teacher
The Bronx
New York City
Manage
Matures
Discover
Manages
Laughter
Ringing
Feet
Shaken
Artist
Continuously
Earth
Shifting
Amazed
Beneath

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