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H0p3-t0-D13

Published: Jun 22, 2017

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sometimes people don’t want
a map. sometimes people
just want someone to be lost with.

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the title would be better as car•tog•ra•phy

i can see this in white on a galaxy background, a square, predominantly purple and grey
or another square, orange like the desert, with a superimposition of held hands

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