express all the currents
10th July 2016 | for Creatives | creative process, Colum McCann, artist integrity, writing, creating in the moment, creative freedom |
"I want to be able to express all the currents that flow inside me. To have that agility to reach a state of otherness and yet express my own internal truth at the same time."
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