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Wednesday, 3 April 2013

ILLUMINATION # 1 by Michael O'Brien

Illumination # 1

The power of illumination doesn't mean much in the daily life of most people on Turtle Island. Perhaps it's because in modern life we rarely experience true darkness.

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