ALAN NORDSTROM'S BLOG
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Sunday, April 6, 2008
IN ART
When most I please myself, I give the most
To others, having least impulse to boast;
Thus selfishness in art is charity,
Where humbleness and pride reach parity.
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ALAN NORDSTROM
Licensed Verse Practitioner anordstrom@rollins.edu