StorytellingThe Art of Changing Our Perceptions

and Challenging Our Assumptions

Stephany Grant & Rebecca Horne

StorytellingThe Art of Changing Our Perceptions

and Challenging Our Assumptions

Stephany Grant & Rebecca Horne

It’s not what you look at that matters…

…it’s what you see.

Henry David Thoreau

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