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Having had this experience once too many times, I combined my joy of photographing creative processes with an intuitive presence of mind and photo-documented the making of&nbsp;<em>Black Swans, an opera poem;<\/em>&nbsp;thus the images included here are my own unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n<p>My home space, The Lighthouse\/Studio 5 O 2, now serves primarily as my private studio and where I continue to do my homework: reading, writing, preparing public talks and making work for special performance invitations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I miss the relationship,\u2013-the devotion and joy of welcoming people to my home, The Lighthouse\/Studio 5 O 2. 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