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over the years it really seems that a guiding hand is directing me to

create a tableau, a record of character portraying the nomadic

People of the world. whether it is the north american native or the

aztec from South america, the Polynesian People of the Pacific or

the Semitic People still populating desert or semi desert country of

asia Minor and north africa or the black People - through all of these

there is a difference and a similarity, difference in bone structure

and color, but a similarity in character as portrayed in the eyes - that

penetrating impersonal look that seems to have understanding of

natural things and the ability to see a vision far in the distance

without any terminal quality; the firm and unemotional curve of the

mouth that tells a story of continual effort and struggle as if survival

was the initial goal and that only by unemotional and constant control

was this possible.

It seemed that some instinctive and natural inquisitiveness drawn

from my basque heritage - which is one of the oldest known ethnic

groups in the world -was acting as a force which impelled me to

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