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The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Like
Sight
Feverish
Creativity
Groping
Steps
Ness
Creative
Chaotic
Dark
Apparent
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Random
Firsts
Fearful
First
Busy
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