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CStone Qs

What was the inspiration to focus on issues on a community level as opposed to a larger social level or a smaller, more personal level? Or do you not see any distinction between those categories in which case perhaps you make the most crucial work you can think to make at the time of inception?

Who exactly is the audience of the work? And what is the end goal? For these audiences to help the communities that the work is about (assuming the audience and communities are separate, which they may not be)?

What is a story circle?

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