querencia
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(n.) a place from which one's strength is drawn, where one feels most at home; a place where you can be your most authentic self
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"I don't need fixing! I'm not just something you can fix. I don't need a remedy. You can't try to fix me and make me new!"
"Pipes-" he starts even through he knows I'm not done.
"No! If you really want me, for me, you need to love me for me. Seizures, dramatic family, and protective best friends and all."
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We all have our own talents that make us who we are, and at Richmond Academy for the Art, they praise and appreciate them, giving kids all around the globe the opportunity to test theirs and let them have a great opportunity to make a future with their talents.
Josephine, Jay, Quinn, daughter multi-billionaires of Peter and Cassidy Quinn, owners of Quinn Magazines. Being the fourth out of eight daughter, all having different talents at Richmond Academy for the Arts, hers being drawing and painting.
Azalea Kai, Jay's best friend. After her family is taken out of South Africa with her dad being an actor and traveling, she moves to LA at age 10. After meeting Jay she finds a sudden new love with singing and performing.
Shawn Smith, son of artist and single mom, Barbara Smith. For never knowing his father, Shawn spends all of his time painting, and crushing over his best friend Azalea.
And Nathan Ryan, the new kid at Richmond. After leaving his hometown of New York City, New York and moving to LA with his mother and younger brother. With a rocky past but a bright future, he meets Shawn, Azalea and Jay.
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