“The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.”
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“Memories are ever shifting when you live in exile.”
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An-My Lê
Interview with the Art Newspaper (13 August 2020)
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