Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 28, 2016

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    JayBluE  over 8 years ago

    If you asked “Jock”, it’s “animal magnetism”…sort of… – If you asked “Emo”, it’s "a whole lotta nuthin’ "… – If you asked Luann, it’s all about the “eros”, or romance…and apparetnly, she just remembered her “ink well” just ran out- or, rather, she did… – If you asked Haddaway, he’d tell you that the definition of love is “Baby don’t hurt me, baby don’t hurt me, no mo’…” (♪)…

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 8 years ago

    Long time, no see, Prof. Zébo.

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    RolloTheGrouch  over 8 years ago

    “Greg is giving us a song name”.You and/or Greg are extremely clever!

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    Mikeyj  over 8 years ago

    Ok… back to Gunther and Tiff :p

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    GirlGeek Premium Member over 8 years ago

    No Quill you can’t come back. We never want to see you again

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    Pointspread  over 8 years ago

    I’m going to avoid trying to figure out the meaning of that “abundance” statement

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    JimT8  over 8 years ago

    Shouldn’t we be on Spring Break now?

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Brd, WOW!

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago

    When will a philosophy student ask him to define love as used in the question? It is actually applicable.

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    Dreamdeer  over 8 years ago

    Awww. Jpck’s an animal-lover! That’s sweet!

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Jay, welcome back!

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    Wilde Bill  over 8 years ago

    So, I’m guessing that spring break has already happened.

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    JayBluE  over 8 years ago

    “What Is Love?”“Deep Waters Run.. Still…” “My Eros!”“Aga-pe As You Go…”“Philadelphia Freedom” (♫)“My Cheesy Brother”“What The World Needs Now…” (♪)“Eros To The Occasion…”“Don’t Say You’re Sorry!”“An Artists’ Rendering”“The Dictionary Justifies The Means”“Zero Eros For Zebo?”“A Subjective Objective”or“Mind Your Heart”

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    ericbrower  over 8 years ago

    Aw, rats. Does this mean we have to go through months of LuAnn moping about breaking up with Quill?

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    JayBluE  over 8 years ago

    Well done!

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 8 years ago

    STOP Right THERE!!! NO Moping over Pretty-Boy Luann.Especially since YOU were the one that DUMPED Him.

    Besides its Easter Break. Shouldn’t You, Bernice and your new best friend be in New York causing all sorts of Mayhem and Chaos that only Gunther Berger can get you OUT of ???

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    Airman  over 8 years ago

    So once again Tiffany and Gunther have something unfinished. Potential passion postponed. A “moment” missed. Frustrating.

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    Caldonia  over 8 years ago

    I like the two guys (though it would be nice if they had real names). And the dogs are cute.

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    judgenerwin  over 8 years ago

    With any luck, Quill will catch a ride from the porcupine he fell off of…

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    JayBluE  over 8 years ago

    Thanks!!!!– Apart from having to stay up late (FIL was ill, had to be rushed to the ER, glad to report he’s recovering!), also there is a big project I have been undertaking, then there was also preparing for this past Wednesday (where we observed the Memorial of Christs’ death, leading up to his resurrection), then there was also Jury Duty on Friday… well, I guess I managed to get a tan in there, somewhere…

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    JayBluE  over 8 years ago

    Hey, there!!!! (8^D)

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    kenhense  over 8 years ago

    So the Fourth Wall is suggesting that Love – and Truth – is specific to one person at one point of time. That is the clockwork of live theater. The Luann comic is like live theater.

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    ironman01  over 8 years ago

    Uh oh! This is going to get worse before it gets better. I think I have jury duty this week. Ah rats! That’s next week! Darn my luck!

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    wiselad  over 8 years ago

    as many as your heart can hold

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member over 8 years ago

    And yet…“Love in tennis means no points scored,And you have nothing.You have nothing.”

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    imagenesis  over 8 years ago

    Apparently, she’s not over Quill!

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    flowergirl19  over 8 years ago

    Nice surmising Brd, I’m impressed. You are quite the problem solver, aren’t you. I love a handy man :)

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    Skylark  over 8 years ago

    Oh No! Not THIS jerky subject again. He is so puffed up with his own importance…

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    flowergirl19  over 8 years ago

    “Love is a deeply human reality and of such complexity, that some give up all definitions, considering the words as useless and powerless. Love cannot be defined. It is as mysterious as life, hence the variety of the almost contradictory aspects of love. For the word “love” is the most fluid, the most complex, the vaguest and varied in meaning of all words.”

    Beautifully said, sallymargaret :)

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    AKHenderson Premium Member over 8 years ago

    C. S. Lewis says four.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Loves

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    beth563  over 8 years ago

    Those are the cutest dogs. That said, does Luann only have one class? I’m trying hard to stay interested in this comic, as I’ve read it since I was a kid, but it’s going so off kilter with its storylines and splitting everybody up.

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    unclebob53703 Premium Member over 8 years ago

    There’s one, but it has lots of different symptoms

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    waycyber  over 8 years ago

    4 loves – Phile, Eros, Agape, Storge

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    waycyber  over 8 years ago

    More Than AirLove. We need it more than air.Love. Without it, why even breathe?Love. Why is it so rare?Love. Why is it so hard?Love for parentsLove for partnersLove for childrenLove for brothers and sistersLove for friendsLove for strangersLove for the lostLove for the foundLove for the homelessLove for the hungryLove for the sickLove for the outcastLove respectsLove honoursLove supportsLove encouragesLove is patientLove is kindLove is humbleLove is gentleLove gives freelyLove forgives freelyLove lifts upLove holds upLove is not greedyLove does not horde what others needLove does not manipulate or play gamesLove does not abuse or bullyLove does not cross to the other sideLove does not turn its backLove does not block its earsLove does not shut its eyesLove. We need loveLove to live forLove to die forLoveWe need it more than air

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    KSClaw  over 8 years ago

    I’m with Jock. Who needs people when you got dogs? (or cats, or other animals depending on your tastes)

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 8 years ago

    philosophy in artphilosophy as art

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    OneTime59  over 8 years ago

    Emo seems to have the right eccentricity to succeed in Prof. Zebo’s course.

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    sarazan7  over 8 years ago

    I REALLY don’t like this guy.

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 8 years ago

    Three Dog Night”

    wow! now that’s a creative interpretation! ( I’m not saying it’s wrong, but I wouldn’t have come up with it on my own. ) very interesting!

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    Willywise52 Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Luann needs some hot lovin’…

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    31768  over 8 years ago

    to brdshtt:ha.

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    detroitpete  over 8 years ago

    Brdshtt I was listening to Three Dog Night’s “Joy To The World” when I found your comment this morning…

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago

    How clever. I heard the name reflects how cold it is. On a cold night you would sleep with 3 of your sled dogs.

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    BobCu  over 8 years ago

    Luann might be changing her mind about Mr. Quill???

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    wantcomicsnow  over 8 years ago

    Oh, PLEASE don’t let Luann slip back into her old habits and start getting weepy over Q-ball being gone.-She was revved up and ready to move on with her life last time we saw her, and now THIS???

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    schmid13  over 8 years ago

    As a sometime poster, it is good to see you back Jay. I was a little worried not knowing where you went…

    But you are back in force. Great!

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    æ²  over 8 years ago

    Pretty keen insight, there, Brd!i was looking for maybe a Nilsson reference in there, too, but don’t see one.

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    locake  over 8 years ago

    A void of abundance is Lack. Lack is not Love at all.

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Yes, Jay, each day Puzz would say something along the line of, “Here is my attempt to fill in for Jay. Hope we hear from you again soon, Jay.” They were the messages of a friend.

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    Outsideplaying  over 8 years ago

    Very clever!I don’t think Lu is pining for Quill; she’s just answering the question in terms of girl-boy love experience she had. I do wish Greg had gone back to last week’s drama, but he changes gears over the weekend almost every time. I am also surprised we haven’t moved into the Spring Break trip to NYC.

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    smurf764  over 8 years ago

    Matter manner.

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Does Luann, who insofar as we know is not majoring in art, nevertheless take an art class every semester? If so, why? And why is it always with the same instructor and the same two classmates? I thought the reason for moving the strip from high school was to break out of the Fogarty rut by allowing Luann to interact with more people (as one would expect a college student to do), but apparently it was just so that the Fogarty classroom rut could be replaced with a Zebu classroom rut. It’s not clear that this revision is much of an upgrade.

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    JimT8  over 8 years ago

    Anyone seriously interested in the neurological aspects of love may want to read “A General Theory of Love,” by San Francisco psychiatrists Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon. They include the devotion shown by dogs, among other things.

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    JimT8  over 8 years ago

    Why do I keep thinking that this strip wasn’t even meant to run today? Perhaps the Sheriff could reassure us about that.

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 8 years ago

    I can’t fathom why people are saying the New York Spring break trip isn’t going to happen! Patience people! Obviously it isn’t Spring Break time in Pitts yet!

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    Hookoa  over 8 years ago

    How many of you actually KNOW the event behind the name of “Three Dog Night”?

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    Diannazar  over 8 years ago

    Please tell me: where is Delta??? I miss her.

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago

    In Luann time this appears to be only the second semester of college for her, given that she is still 18 per a recent strip and Spring Break is still to happen.

    When they return from break what Spring art projects will they be assigned:Sidewalk art?Permitted graffiti on construction fences?Something botanical?Something like this?http://tingilinde.typepad.com/starstuff/2016/03/a-egg-zoetrope.html

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    GovernmentCheese  over 8 years ago

    Where does Zebo do his shopping?

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 8 years ago

    btw, I’m also reminded of “Black is Black” ( Los Bravos) for Emo’s bubble.

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    JPN001  over 8 years ago

    On the topic of today’s strip itself, I am not surprised to see Luann still thinking about Quill with regard to the question of love. Just because she made the decision, and appears to be unwavering in her belief in the correctness of that decision, does not mean she is ‘over’ the pain of the loss of the relationship. When last we saw her, she was distracted by new developments and the anticipation of adventures to come, so she was not dwelling on Quill. However, when confronted with a question on love, it seems natural for her mind to still go to Quill at this point as the end is still fresh, especially since the main issue was not a lack of love, but rather different priorities.

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    MS72  over 8 years ago

    lessee, in Bible school they said there are 3 Greek words for love.

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    jocatric  over 8 years ago

    Yep!

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 8 years ago

    Gunther has stubble and looks “hot” (according to Tiff)Piro has stubble and looks “avant garde”?Jock has stubble and looks “sweet”.*Well, guys, I guess you know what to do!

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Does anyone else wonder — if they are so inclined — if Gloomy and Hair might make a couple w interesting stories every once in a while?

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    doverdan  over 8 years ago

    This is the ultimate disappointment.

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    Uncle Bob  over 8 years ago

    When doing the math, don’t forget to carry the Garfunkle…

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    moridin82  over 8 years ago

    Nice!

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    doverdan  over 8 years ago

    This arc is for me the ultimate disappointment..Leaving a half dozen interesting stories hanging, is IMO bad writing. But so typical recently. It’s actually what I expected..Not opening any promised new arc (like NY, or Les, or what Pru is doing, etc.) compounds it..Going to Zebo and these stereotyped critters is IMO pointless. They play no role in any plotline here, as far as I can see. Not even funny. Three kinds of love for three different breeds of dogs? Come on, now..Needless to say, art is NOT about love. Some famous art depicts hate, or fear, or tranquility, or respect, or other basic emotions..Moreover, showing Luann mooning about Quill in this way is totally inconsistent with how ex-boyfriends are typically envisioned by those gals who made the break..That Luann has no love for Puddles, her parents, her grandparents, her brother, her country, for anybody or anything (but perhaps the guy she dumped) is odd in the least. This is not our Luann. .Love, is, as they say, a Many Splendored Thing..This arc is for me totally incomprehensible. I had some hopes that Karen’s writing was improving. This is a serious relapse.

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    RSH  over 8 years ago

    are we already back from Spring Break? Or maybe in the ‘Luanniverse’ it is still coming. It just has to be the latter.

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    bryan42  over 8 years ago

    Three Dog Night was my very first concert, 1969, Albuquerque. I think my next live music performance was “Jesus Christ, Superstar”.

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    Luanaphile  over 8 years ago

    Dover.seismic

    While I sympathize with those who hate, hate! multiple unfinished arcs, I see this as realistic and satisfyingly complex. I find this Bozo arc boring, and I hope it remains unfinished, unless this teacher has a fatal freeway accident.

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    Kymberleigh  over 8 years ago

    So … who will Luann date next?

    Jock?Emo?Gunther?Piro?Hair?Prudence?Dez?Zēbo?TJ?Ox?

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Very cool, Brd! You are on quite a roll today!

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    Airman  over 8 years ago

    Love? Don’t even go there. I subscribe to the song in South Pacific………….“who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give us reasons, wise men never try.”

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 8 years ago

    funny how just a few years can make a generational difference in music!

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Remember that we haven;t seen Les since the characters were still in high school, and now they are nearing their second year of college. Maybe Les graduated sooner than Luann’s class (he does seem to be older), and he’s done more than 2, maybe nearly 3, years in the service already.

    As I mentioned, though, we shall have to write our own backstory, since the whole thing seems to have been invented in haste just to fulfill the requirement of having Mr. Gray ask for something in February. It doesn’t really make any sense, because if Mr, Gray had actually wanted them to hire Les in February, there’s absolutely no reason he couldn’t have told them that last fall instead of making them (and us) wonder what the favor would be. Again it seems to come back to poor pacing of the story line.

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    Sisyphos  over 8 years ago

    Art instructor/self-anointed genius Zébo generates a humorous interlude with his pseudo-philosophizing. But it is the three students (I use the term loosely) who generate the joke itself. N’est-ce pas vrai?

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    kaystari Premium Member over 8 years ago

    What kind of college is this where they have the same professor for two classes in a row? Is this Luann’s major? Thought it was just an elective? And he does Art AND English?

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    Jim Kerner  over 8 years ago

    Very clever.

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    luann1212  over 8 years ago

    I could not comment last night when this arc started, so let me comment just before this is about to turn over. I have just glanced through the comments so far, and I am not ready to guess where this is going. It’s interesting to see the goth type young man (if that is not goth, feel free to correct me, but I hope it’s clear what I mean) not having an ability picture love and it being a void. An abundant void. What could fill that black hole like thing up? Somebody mentioned Three Dog Night with the big dude and his three dogs, whom he loves, and most important, because it is her world we are in, is Luann who pictures Quill. I had to think about it, but I don’t think this means that Quill is coming back. I mean he might if he can get over his blindness, self-centeredness as much as Luann is working through hers (another theme here? but just because people in love break up does not mean they do not still think about the object of their affections that easily. That is part of the pain of breaking up, however it happened. That object has a piece of your heart in his or her hand, and that takes some time to recover from. With that in mind it makes sense that Luann, a real romantic, would still have Aussie boy in her head as being an example of love. Wonder who Gunther would have in his thought balloon if he was in the class? Questions marks (lol)?

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    doverdan  over 8 years ago

    JPuzzleWhiz said, @DiannazarPlease tell me: where is Delta??? I miss her.

    Delta is at Howard University.=======And doesn’t come home for Christmas, or for the Summer, or anything..The volcano has got her. Sun, too.

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 8 years ago

    It wouldn’t work as a Sunday strip, since (1) it makes reference to Luann’s dumping Quill (in the daily continuity), and (2) Sunday readers don’t know Luann’s classmates and thus wouldn’t understand their thought balloons. It may be a stand-alone “filler” strip, but it has to run on a weekday. I too had thought this week would be devoted to NYC trip preparations and departure.

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 8 years ago

    When we do see Lu, Pru, and Bern leave for NYC, will we also see Quill leave for his fill-in role with the traveling dramatic production? Will we ever see him come back, or is the first performance slated for the Caldera Dinner Theater?

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    Argythree  over 8 years ago

    SPOILER ALERT

    Timing is everything, crying is optional.

    New York recedes further into the distance.

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    updatedalisha  over 3 years ago

    Many years later, on May 15 2021 the artsy guy, Nil, will invite Bernice (through Jack) on a date to his art show and it is titled The Unsaid. “It’s using Nothing to say something”. Wow- so he has always been into the void vibe. Ok!

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