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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
Robert Genn
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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
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Robert Douglas Genn
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Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here.
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