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There is something else to be said about this immediate, spontaneous way of working, and that is this: in such moments, one is playing at the game of creation.

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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Writer
New York City
New York
Genri Miller
Henri Miller
Phineas Flapdoodle
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Creation
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Moments
Spontaneity
Else
Spontaneous
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