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Art-making post-Trump: an affirmation of the spirit

November 19, 2016November 20, 2016 Max Wyman Cultural politics, Issues and ideas Cornelius Cardew, Emily Carr, Jackson Pollock, Judaism, Lawren Harris, Leonard Cohen, meditation, mindfulness, religion, Robertson Davies, spirituality in art, Theosophy

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