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\nThe View From God’s Garden<\/em>
\nDetail: “stay together\/learn the flowers\/go light”
\nby Jordan Westre
\napprox. 12″x15.5″
\ncollage on cold-pressed Arches sheet
\n2015<\/p>\nImage (centre):<\/strong>
\nDown the Rabbit Hole<\/em>
\nby Jordan Westre
\napprox. 11″x9.5″
\ncollage on cold-pressed Arches sheet
\n2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artist Portfolio:\u00a0Jordan Westre In his Manifesto of Surrealism, Anton Breton wrote, \u201cEverything is valid when it comes to obtaining the desired suddenness from certain associations.\u201d Breton understood surrealism as a way of being in the moment and allowing that moment…<\/p>\n
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