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“To apply poetic license or to apply incorrect arrangements requires the idea or the understanding of correct arrangements - becoming an expert of the conventions of correct arrangements in order to misplace them. In other words, misplacing things with the understanding, or even the mastery, of normalcy is actually quite poetic. These are rule-based operations.”

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Jimenez Lai

Jimenez Lai, born in 1979, is an artist whose identity and category are unknown. His life experience, achievements, and impact are currently limited in available information. more

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