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Sunlight and petals become vessels for memory—moments stretched and held, inviting us to pause and consider how many such moments we are given.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"1224\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eBased in Edmonton, Lemay approaches beauty as both intention and necessity. 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