We call that fire of the black thunder-cloud "electricity," and lecture learnedly about it, and grind the like … - Thomas Carlyle

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I think my initial desire to start making art came from a desire and a need to communicate but not having anyone to communicate to.

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We call that fire of the black thunder-cloud "electricity," and lecture learnedly about it, and grind the like of it out of glass and silk: but what is it? What made it? Whence comes it? Whither goes it?

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