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Portia's avatar

What a self-portrait, Chen, you're a Rembrandt with words!

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Oh I wish. But thank you so much, dear Portia ❤️Too kind

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

huge thank you for your Restack, I am very humbled.

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Janine A. Willis's avatar

Such a lovely piece.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you so much, dear Janine🤍💫

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Смышленый Малыш Габриэль's avatar

Nice.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you, dear. Means a lot.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you for sharing this, Michael B. Morgan💫

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing this, rena 💚

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Weston Parker's avatar

Really quite lovely and touching. It's got big, undulating movement, rippling with power underneath the lines and that makes it, for me, larger than the sum of its parts, humming with energy.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you, dear Weston. Means a lot✨

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David MacGregor's avatar

I am glad

The girl hasn't changed much

Though I can't recall

When we met

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

:)

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

oh thank you so much for sharing this, David.

PS you're so right about Substack being a mysterious place- I somehow can never comment under the Note if it includes my own post.

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David MacGregor's avatar

Substack changes so many things so often and for reasons that are opaque to me. Oh well.

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Larisa Rimerman's avatar

Scarlette Sails, I am curious: do they come from A. Green or are they your own? You know, I love your poetry. Thank you!

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you, dear Larisa ❤️

I'm quite sure that Scarlet Sails are inspired by Green's feeria which I loved as a child, I might have internalized it as they say. I'm leaniing on books in a very literal way sometimes.

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