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Laura Shabazz

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Early on, my studio space was my floor. As a Gen X kid, you could find me cross-legged with a notebook, various types of glue, and a flotsam of art supplies scattered around me. Projects were endless and compulsive, filling nearly all non-school hours. Even today, when I meet someone who didn’t have a creative pursuit in the 80s or 90s, my first question—asked with genuine confusion— is always: “But what did you do with your time?

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Early on, my studio space was my floor. As a Gen X kid, you could find me cross-legged with a notebook, various types of glue, and a flotsam of art supplies scattered around me. Projects were endless and compulsive, filling nearly all non-school hours. Even today, when I meet someone who didn’t have a creative pursuit in the 80s or 90s, my first question—asked with genuine confusion— is always: “But what did you do with your time?

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