Self Portrait
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Deshka Rae was born in California and raised nearly everywhere else. When she isn't eating Chinese takeout she's usually hiding between the pages of her leather bound notebook or dreaming of adventure. Follow along as she paints a literary self portrait while reflecting on the past and looking anxiously to the future.
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