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Talking of the Clangers…. this painting\u00a0seems like it’s from a similar world, playful and mysterious, childlike but grown-up; and isn’t one of the challenges of being a grown-up? Hanging on to some of your playfulness and being fascinated by small things, like a child in a sandpit. 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