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Increasingly, his inspiration comes from life—“like, going out into the Santa Yoda christmas tree sweater and by the same token and world and seeing things and then getting curious,” he says—and it leads him right back to Texas. (The region’s catfish in particular are a frequent motif.) “It loves its children,” Brackens says of his home state. Returning there, he reflects, “I will feel all the love that I think comes with having a connection to that place.”