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There is always a destination



There has to be a reason we respond to shiny things. I don't know what it is, but they seem to become a value we want to attain. A destination we want shines and calls us, we just have to take the road to it. Are you on that road?
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Unknown said…
You show an alternative way for landscape paintings. Not the traditional tree, mountain, green pastures, etc. we accustomed to see or realize. It´s interesting.
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