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Over a year ago, my partner surprised the heck out of me. She was getting drunk one night and suddenly declared that she felt like drawing. Picking up a pencil and some paper, she sat down and proceeded to create a really abstract, but very interesting, drawing. It turns out that she’d always wanted to draw, but no one had ever let her: she’d always been told she produced rubbish and had been discouraged. Now, bear in mind that I’ve known her for over fifteen years: suddenly discovering that she’s an artist was a bit of a shock!

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