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  Chalk Portrait

  

  By TocaPetrof, Milton, MA

  The hardest part of observational drawing is seeing the lines where shadow meets light and negative space meets positive space. Five years ago those lines became tangible to me, as I drew an Ugg boot propped against my bedroom wall. I blinked, and it was no longer a boot; it was a system of weaving ...
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  Say What?

  

  By TocaPetrof, Milton, MA

  Sometimes when an eyelash falls on my cheek, I scoop it up with my finger and blow it into the wind. I heard People say that when you wish on an eyelash, the wish comes true, so I always wish on my eyelashes. When I was little, People said that I shouldn’t step on cracks. Something about mothers...
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  The Snowman

  

  By TocaPetrof, Milton, MA

  I tell you this because I have a memory teetering on the edge of my brain and I need to pluck it from its precarious resting spot and grind it into ink. Eleven years ago, I witnessed an incident that would forever color my perception of the world. It began on a sunny kindergarten morning, when m...