The Artist's Job? To Be A Miracle Worker: Make The Blind See, The Dull Feel, The Dead To Live.

The Artist's Job? To Be A Miracle Worker: Make The Blind See, The Dull Feel, The Dead To Live.

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The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel,
the dead to live....
-- Edward Abbey

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