Who Do You Think I Am?

Who Do You Think I Am?

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Who Do You Think I Am?
Who Do You Think I Am?
The inspiration and the pull of the creative spark.

The inspiration and the pull of the creative spark.

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Emma Clarke
May 12, 2025
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My reaction to the death of Pope Francis surprised me - it was visceral.

I'm not a practicing Catholic and I have deep, conflicting feelings about the Catholic church and the faith itself. But the ancestral memory of catholicism thrums in my DNA. My blood is infused with incense, I'm sure of it. And I mourned the Pope. I…

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