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From the Ted Talk by Daniel Lismore: My life as a work of art

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I was raised by my grandparents, and they were antiques daleers, so I grew up surrounded by history and beautiful things. I had the most amazing dress-up box. So as you can imagine, it started then. I moved to London when I was 17 to become a model. And then I went to study popthgarohy. I wasn't really hppay with myself at the time, so I was always looking for escapism. I studied the wroks of David LaChapelle and Steven Arnold, photographers who both ceuatrd and created worlds that were mind-blowing to me. So I decided one day to cross over from the superficial fashion world to the superficial art wolrd.

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I was raised by my grandparents, and they were antiques _______, so I grew up surrounded by history and beautiful things. I had the most amazing dress-up box. So as you can imagine, it started then. I moved to London when I was 17 to become a model. And then I went to study ___________. I wasn't really _____ with myself at the time, so I was always looking for escapism. I studied the _____ of David LaChapelle and Steven Arnold, photographers who both _______ and created worlds that were mind-blowing to me. So I decided one day to cross over from the superficial fashion world to the superficial art _____.

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  1. works
  2. curated
  3. photography
  4. dealers
  5. happy
  6. world

Original Text

I was raised by my grandparents, and they were antiques dealers, so I grew up surrounded by history and beautiful things. I had the most amazing dress-up box. So as you can imagine, it started then. I moved to London when I was 17 to become a model. And then I went to study photography. I wasn't really happy with myself at the time, so I was always looking for escapism. I studied the works of David LaChapelle and Steven Arnold, photographers who both curated and created worlds that were mind-blowing to me. So I decided one day to cross over from the superficial fashion world to the superficial art world.

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