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The International Human Rights Art Festival has given me an Art of Creative Unity Award for my personal essay “Black Water.”
This essay talks about a trip I took over 30 years ago (gulp!). It completely changed my life and it took a long time to figure out how to right about it.
I’m thrilled to be able to share it and you can read it by clicking here.