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Chris Koch's avatar

thank you ....so good.

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Deborah J. Stein's avatar

I’m so glad you felt it Chris!

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Coco Dowley's avatar

Deb,

Thank you for another brilliant newsletter :) Your creativity and caring heart for the world shine with honesty and truth. When I looked at the first piece of art, I thought it was hand-painted areas on fabric with stitched details. Have you ever worked this way? Also, the small print with the snail and person riding it at the end is lovely. What type of print is this? I'm about to experiment with hand-etched upcycled Tetra Pak pieces and a mini press for printmaking.

Happy creating :) I hope to see you in Santa Fe this summer.

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Deborah J. Stein's avatar

So nice to hear this from you Coco-thank you. In fact I was invited to host a Tetrapak challenge in May with Monty Lee and Margaux Kent and others! We just announced it today on Instagram —I hope you’ll take a look and join us too! It’s really so fun! Getting lost in it like a kid!

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Coco Dowley's avatar

The Tetrapak challenge sounds amazing and yes, I'll be joining you all!

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Michael Judge's avatar

Amen!!

“These moments are fortunate ones, to have relationships in my life such as this, in my writing groups, with old friends and new reminders of why we do what we do, why we keep searching for beauty in the ugliness and not give in to the maul of others worse intentions or worse than worse intentions: the kind of cruelty that no one deserves.”

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Deborah J. Stein's avatar

Amen back to you brother. You’re counted amongst the ones I feel fortunate for in this large small life!

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April Bedard's avatar

🥹 beautiful. And, yes!~ all of this. Thank you for sharing.

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Deborah J. Stein's avatar

Thank you for reading or looking or listening April!

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Mary Tolbert's avatar

Thank you. This encourages me to keep going!

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