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Origins, myths, and catch-up.

Today is The Pleiades’ “High Holy Day” and the most revered day of my new belief system. It is the day scholars tell me my religion was actually founded. And the day of the “miraculous happening”. Tony refused to disclose … Continue reading

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The Pleiades

Tony has named himself Founder, CEO, and messianic Prophet of a new religion he has called: The Pleiades. He stole the idea right out of a book. Or, I suppose I should say, THE book. A collection of short stories … Continue reading

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Tony says…

“In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed to sea, and he told us of his life…” Stop it, Tony! Those are someone else’s words you are ripping off. Everybody knows them. “Ripping off? Would you … Continue reading

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Getting to Know Me

My memory is faulty about some of my most intimate details. The ritualized reunion of meeting my face in the mirror each morning is a constant reminder of how little I know about the scars on my forehead, the growing … Continue reading

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Good beginnings.

P explained this afternoon that his mother believes that the way you begin your time in the new year will set the tone for the rest of the days. If I look at it from that perspective then I can … Continue reading

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An old habit for a new year.

Despite my best intentions, I am once again overcome by the spirit of reflection that many many people feel on this particular day of the modern calendar: New Year’s Eve. It is predictably a mix of optimism and regret that … Continue reading

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Digestion (with images from Keith Haring)

“I think ‘aura’ is something that only somebody else can see, and they only see as much of it as they want to. It’s all in the other person’s eyes. You can only see an aura on people you don’t … Continue reading

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Shaping my Sensibility (Part Six)

“The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a by-product of making something that means something. You don’t … Continue reading

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Shaping my Sensibility (Part Five)

“I always thought I was good. That’s why it was so frustrating when other people didn’t agree. ” — Robert Mapplethorpe

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Shaping my Sensibility (Part Four)

“I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” — Keith Haring

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