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[Mark Bradford: Paper]

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I always say, "Well,"

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"What I need is not here."

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"So I just have to make myself
available to the universe."

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So I start walking around,

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looking for paper.

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For the right paper.

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I know it when I see it.

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And when you turn it around,

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so the backside is exposed,

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borders collapse.

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Languages collapse.

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And suddenly I'm sitting with...

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this, sort of, paper that is
so familiar to me.

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[CHUCKLES]

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I was in Bali,

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and whenever I go to a new city

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I always take down…

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This is right before the tsunami.

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A month before, actually.

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I had a whole lot of this paper,

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so…

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And when I was going through customs,

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the official said,

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"Why are you bringing back trash?"

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I said, "This ain't trash!"

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"This is art."

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And he said, "It's trash."

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And I said, "It's art!"

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And he said, "Well…"

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I said, "Well, can I take it home?"

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"If it's trash?"

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And he said, "Yeah."

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And I said,

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"Well it's trash."

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So…

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[LAUGHS]