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Sou um instrumento da minha arte, sou meu próprio violino.
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The speaker sees themself as both the means and the object of artistic expression. Calling themself an “instrument” suggests that the art works through their own abilities, while “my own violin” extends the image: they are also something shaped, played, and brought into expression by their art.
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