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Agile and silent, the many arms of the climbing plants weave, interweave, unweave and weave again. A chaotic array of voluble, egocentric shoots pour out on walls and columns, on land and fences, and they quickly conceal from view the underlying surfaces. Thousands of twisted, overlapping and crooked stems rapidly acquire the density and hardness of stone. Climbing plants grow on cold concrete and vulnerable wood, in between arrogant stakes and over irregular ground. They gro

When painter and designer Arturo Correa registered for business classes at then-Edison Community College (ECC) in 1992, he never expected to discover two of his great passions—art and his beloved wife, Jenn—on the sunlit and verdant Thomas Edison (Lee) Campus. Arturo, like many students at FSW/Edison, finished his general education courses before transferring to a four-year university and declaring a specific major. His life was headed in a sensible direction, until he signed