Emphasis Preaching Journal
Given the circumstances of her...
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Given the circumstances of her birth and childhood, her socioeconomic background, her lack of opportunity to experience life beyond the minimal activities required to sustain existence, Gretchen was a most unlikely candidate to have emerged into adulthood as a gifted artist. Sociologists and anthropologists long ago established the understanding that aesthetic, artistic expression is limited in cultures in which persons must devote virtually all their time to subsistence.