Ebony Allen-Ankins, The Magician's Apprentices (PEOPLE & PORTRAIT 2025)

Oh, to be newly five. To be five is to be kind, and to love your "apprentices" so completely that you can't bear to leave them at home and have them miss the fun. It is to have reality blended with imagination, and to believe fiercely in your own power.

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