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Actor Agent Author is a solo exhibition of paintings by Central New York-based multidisciplinary artist Tal Placido. A compelling exploration of narrative identity, Actor Agent Author is a concept pioneered by personality scientist Dr. Dan P. McAdams that theorizes our personalities unfold across three layers: the social actor, which is about our visible traits; the motivated agent, which involves our goals and values; and the autobiographical author, which is how we stitch our life experiences into stories. Narrative identity is an internalized and evolving story of the self that explains …