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One Step at a Time: Canadian Creates Spectacular 'Snowshoe Art'

Agence France-Presse

   OTTAWA, CANADA - On frozen lakes and snow-covered fields in Canada's
   wilds, magnificent geometric formations have suddenly appeared -- the
   work of a retired headmaster stomping around in snowshoes to beat back
   pandemic blues.

   "I start with a shape -- a hexagon, a square or a triangle -- and draw
   lines through it or intersecting circles," Kim Asmussen said in a
   telephone interview.

   The 62-year-old spends a lot of time tinkering with sketches in
   advance, he told AFP, "because once you've made a mark in the snow you
   can't erase it. It's not like drawing on a piece of paper.

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