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Kristin Mitsu Shiga Shag Shaggy Chug P.O. Box 91243 Portland, OR 97291-0243 Phone: (503) 329-2352 Email: Shaggy_Chug@juno.com There are many ways to tell a story. Sometimes words will suffice. Often, though, the right ones are hard to find. I find storytelling to be easier when I use my hands to create an object to speak for me. The result may be a wearable haiku, or some length of prose from which to pour your tea, but each piece tells a story that can only be retold by the viewer. A Note About Shag Shaggy Chug . . . My business name, Shag Shaggy Chug, is a product of our ever increasingly computer-reliant world. While typing a document in a word processing program, a friend found that her "spell check" did not like my last name: Shiga. Out of curiosity, she asked the computer for suggestions on what it "thought" she was trying to spell. These are the three words it offered. I thought it only appropriate that my business name reflect the alternatives that I hope my work embodies.