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If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

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Maya Lin
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 5
Architect
Designer
Land Artist
Landscape Architect
Printmaker
Sculptor
Athens
Ohio
Maya Ying Lin
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Lost
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Surroundings
Sensitive

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