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Community is the Answer
Capitalism vs. Socialism. One of the on-going arguments this political season, or probably any political season. The idea that it has to be one or the other, black or white seems to fundamentally miss the point. The answers certainly lie … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom
Tagged addiction, brain chemicals, capitalism, community, dopamine, materialism, oxytocin, retail therapy, serotonin, socialism, society
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When Landscapes and Cheesecakes Collide
Posted in Painting
Tagged abstract art, acrylic, cheese cake, collide, fusion, landscape
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I am Possible
The sun shines. I am happy. I am distracted. The pain subsides. I am possible. But this distraction is a diversion. An easy external addiction. Better to focus inward. Escape within, on my own terms. To be possible. To know … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged addiction, distraction, escape, focus, pain, poem, possible, sun
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Navel Gazing
I’ve never been much of a navel gazer, Finding that the color of the orange doesn’t lie And truth is not always the friend I am looking for. Now there’s depth in that if not meaning. I tend to finish … Continue reading
Van Jo Channels Van Gogh
Posted in Painting
Tagged abstract art, acrylic, impressionism, palette knife, starry night, van gogh
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Fortress of Dissolitude 