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Painting is a kind of call and response. During the act of painting one is listening, paying attention to a self, a voice simultaneously recognizable and foreign.

Squeak Carnwath

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Squeak Carnwath
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 24
Painter
Abington Township
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
Kind
Foreign
Response
Listening
Painting
Call
Attention
Recognizable
Voice
Simultaneously
Self
Paying

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