Greetings to My Blog Buddy!

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Antria Theodorou

    This is my blog buddy and a fellow IYZ Art and Design student Antria Theodorou. She will be commenting and critiquing my blogs as I post them. I am thankful for her help in improving my work! One interesting fact about her is that she loves to play the piano, and has a piece she always uses named 'Comptine d'un Autre Ete.'


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