stories to venture answers
10th July 2016 | for Creatives | characters, art, writing, storytelling, Garth Stein, sculpture |
"I write stories. I want to know what motivates people, so I create stories to venture answers. My sister is a sculptor; she uses a different medium, but she's still looking for something."
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