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Eve Drewelowe autobiographical writing, 1980s

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The chronicles now are somewhat of an illumination- an asset a key to an understanding of myself- and obviously a key to my [spice?]. to hoard to keep to gloat over. Evidently by nature I was/am a physical [&/and?] mental inspiration. hoarder, [stimulation] . What really motivated me in my youth, in my growth, in maturity was my desire to captivate everything, to possess, to encompass everything, not to let anything escape--though regrettably it did. in my youth, in my growth, in maturity my need I saw my canvas [illegible] beauty of color [line?] - [wonder?] of [notes?] , to hold, to keep, to enjoy, to gloat over the earnings of my brush. I viewed the world with wide eyed wondrous sensitivity. I captured it bit by bit. my indelible footprint impressions left inevitable trails of my passing - The inadvertant finger prints in picture. the beauty of my [illegible]
 
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