Drawing Quote by David Almond

““Drawing makes you look at the world more closely. It helps you see what you’re looking at more clearly. Did you know that?””

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“She points at my chest. “And much more interestingly, what’s that?” “Blood,” I say. She gets her camera out.”

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“I have hair that drifts like seaweed when I swim. I have eyes that shine like rock pools. My ears are like scallop shells. The ripples on my skin are like the ripples on the sand when the tide has turned back again. At night I gleam and glow like sea beneath the stars and moon. Thoughts dart and dance…

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