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Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and find beyond it an even deeper truth of peace, healing, and redemption.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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