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The epiphany for me was that I wasnt a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them in the streets as posters.

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Jenny Holzer
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 29
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Painter
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Gallipolis
Ohio
G'eni Holtser
Something
Epiphany
Texts
Posters
Streets
Writer

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