I can’t believe that I haven’t written here since October. I guess I get burned out from responding to so many emails, blogs; IM’s that I don’t have time to stop by. Now with Twitter and Face Book being in greater demand I’ve decided to dive right in and reach out to a large community of artists; but I’ll start here on deviant where I started long ago now.

In these troubled days, globally and locally it’s easy to become consumed with grief. My God I’ve decided to just keep the damn television off and I’m seriously thinking about throwing a brick at that demon we call T.V. **grins** but then how would I watch Lord of the Rings and continue my obsession with the Harry Potter movies? Seriously though it’s not what’s on television so much that it’s a reminder of what can’t be ignored. I listen to what going on in Iran and my heart goes out to them with deep grief and the fire of a people that must take a stand. I listen to the continued rhetoric from that donkey in North Korea and I’m reminded of the nut cases that have their finger hovering over the proverbial “red button” So you may ask yourself “what’s the point really?” Well in my younger days when I was a hell of lot more liberal and idealistic I would say… there is not point the tyrants of the world are going to blow the shit out of everything. Yes I know that’s not very idealistic but I will remind you that much of what I said back then didn’t make a hell of a lot of sense lol
Now that I’m older – shit am I really about to turn 41?! I look at life more through the eyes of somebody facing impending death but with calm optimism. Maybe I haven’t changed that much after all but the difference now is that I’ve lost the “what’s the point attitude.” The point has never been clearer to me. With all this ugliness it’s become more important to me to pay closer attention to those beautiful things that surround out lives. Now I’m not so pathetic that I need doom and gloom to appreciate my life, I’ve always be very self aware of how good I have it, but I do feel more inclined leave something beautiful behind or keep my anger in check or smile more. That’s not always easy of course but I think the effort is sometimes as important as the result.

So not to risk rambling on and on I will get to the point – I find solace in art both mine and the creation of others. I find it here on Deviant and see from my students and countless other sources. I’m not so narrow minded that I just mean digital art or visual art but all of it, music, dance, acting and writing. The list goes on of course but the point is the same;
Humans are beautiful creatures and we deserve the admiration of the Universe. We are both inspiring and terrifying and our creativity is why the Gods fear us **winks**