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John Linstrom

This photograph, with its blue sky and yellow sand, reminds the reader of the Ukrainian flag and a beautiful valley. Superimposed over that is a shadow of two hands.

Elegy in Ash

by John Linstrom

By John Linstrom. A bid for the world, with all eyes on Ukraine.

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