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Erections: Choose one of the given topics. Make a written list of the ,,.<. things you see.
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etc.- Sit in any room of your choosing. List the things you see (including thiigs other
people are wearing if you wish). - Look out a window. List the things and people you see.
- Go to a place outdoors (a park, a zoo, a city street) and list what you see.
- Travel in your imagination to a room you lived in when you were a child. List
everything you can remember about that room.
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