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At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.

Lynda Barry

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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
University Teacher
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Somehow
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