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Portrait of Schaefer with a dissection kit, which represents with his biology education and aspirations. He came to Asheville in 2002.

Portrait of Sparks with her hammered dulcimer. “As a lover of music and lifelong musician, I finally found the truest voice of my soul and spirit in the hammered dulcimer. All the piano lessons, strumming the guitar, and banging on drums for forty or…

Portrait of Cook with a marine jacket and panties, which to him represent “militant sexuality” as a “vigilante of love”. He came to Asheville in 2004.

Portrait of Fitzgerald with a record and headphones, reflecting her passion for music and sound, and a book about difference, which, she says, “we need to embrace”. She came to Asheville in 1998 for the music scene.

Portrait of Blythe with a 1970 quilt, sewn with ribbons from his grandmother’s funeral flowers. Every new child born into his family, which has been in the region since 1770, has slept under the quilt.

Portrait of Landis with a crystal ball, for her “premonitions and energy work”; baseball hat; and camera, because she is “always taking pictures”. She came to Asheville in 2007 for the mountains and the offbeat nature of the area, where “weird is…

Portrait of Talley with her guitar. “My guitar is my life!” She came to the area in 1996 for the mountains, arts and music scene.

Portrait of Anin with a butterfly medicine card, signifying “divination, change and transmutation”. She came to Asheville in 1995 via “divine guidance”.

Portrait of Bowen with the hat and vest which, he says, “identifies” him. He came to Asheville, “a cool place”, in 1993.

Portrait of Bowen with a basket of craft items, which represent a lifelong creative passion, and a small camel, which she’s collected since her teens. She came to Asheville in 1993.