Kindly Apparitions: Reflections upon Reflections
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Individuals Connecting to a Collective Spirit, illustrates individually focused writing practices to create new meanings, understandings, or relationships with something, including themselves.Citation
Poole, S. E. (2016). Kindly Apparitions: Reflections upon Reflections. Lapidus Journal Special Edition Individuals Connecting to a Collective Spirit Part 3.Journal
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