Be here now Quote by Zoe Leonard

“There's a desire for me in the work, even when I'm looking at the past, to be looking from the present. It's to be here now. It's looking in the present tense.” quote by Zoe Leonard — Download Open image

“There's a desire for me in the work, even when I'm looking at the past, to be looking from the present. It's to be here now. It's looking in the present tense.”

Zoe Leonard

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