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"EliseMarie"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 52; Deviations: 321; Watchers: 19
Watching: 25; Pageviews: 5011; Comments Made: 273; Friends: 25
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Salvador Dali.Favorite movies: Dead Poets Society, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Favorite bands / musical artists: George Harrison, The Damnwells, The Weepies.
Favorite writers: Robert Frost, Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe
Favorite games: i'm quite fond of "sorry".
Favorite gaming platform: ps1.2.3
Tools of the Trade: a camera, graphite pencil, eraser, charcoal, paper, Nikon D50, computer.
Other Interests: music, photography, making cookies &psychology.
# About me
Current Residence: OHIOFavourite genre of music: rock, classic rock, indie, emotional/screamo, rock, classical, JAZZ, blues.
Favourite photographer: Garry Winnogrand | Ansel Adams | Roy De Cacavara | Diane Arbus
Favourite style of art: Impressionism, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism.
Operating System: iMac/ MacBook.
MP3 player of choice: iPod/ Laptop.
Skin of choice: my own.
Personal Quote: "Love One Another"- George Harrison's last words.
# Comments
Comments: 128
Hey, you used to watch me on my old page, 04829. Check out my new traveling gallery. Let us know if there are any shows in your area and maybe we'll shoot through!
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I'm amazed at how afraid people can be, afraid to the point where they desensitize themselves just to get together, just to smile! I like your stance on this, and I hope you do what you believe, even if you stand alone.
My favorite scent? I used to have a favorite, it was of a girl named Clare, but since then I haven't adopted another. Wait, I know it. Dr. Bronners magical peppermint soap, definitely.
And as a side note...You come off as boring? You have a stronger character, you can make decisions apart from the herd, you know...'the path less travelled by'?? How is that ever boring?
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I enjoy them, these sporadic messages. I'm quite well, and you? I just cooked some brown rice. Good stuff. I've been hardly eating more than fruit and bread lately.
I've thoughts of buying a new camera from time to time, because I love taking pictures, and I actually just got a power cable for my Powerbook again (3rd one, thank you apple). But...I'm trying to re-learn how to write music. I've some kind of constipation when it comes to pushing out songs. Although...how am I not writing music right now?
Have you ever seen the movie Dreams by Akira Kurosawa? I love it, inspiration, the dude just made movies of his dreams.
Do you read much?
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I'm actually doing much better than normal, now that I'm home. It's sad to realize that I don't like the school I chose for college, when for so long it was the school that I aimed for... which seems a little ridiculous now, but shit happens. Anyway, I've been eating a lot of grapefruits &clementines lately. They're quite delicious.
What type of cameras/ brands of cameras are you looking at? I'm assuming you're referring to D SLRs? (as opposed to analog). I say Nikon but I don't know you're preference? If you have a Cord near by, they have a "deal" where you get two lenses &the camera body &
&About the writing music: When I used to write (let alone play) I never could find the right words to use. It got rather frustrating, thus leading to the downfall of my writing. I fool around on the piano from time to time &I've not picked up my guitar in quite a while. It just sits in my room &looks pretty. My guitar teacher passed away this past September &for some reason, the motivation is half lost. Oh well. Hopefully it'll pick up soon. &I've also had to replace my power cord three times for my Macbook. . . Alas, the third time they were like, "Hey... you've only had this for 1.5 months... This one is free!" so... I saved some money on that &it was nice. But back to it, write about silly, miscellaneous things until you can come up with something that is striking to you. Just think of it as practice.
I've not seen that movie.. What is the movie about, exactly? Aside from the creators dreams.. 
&Sadly, I do not read very often. It's not that I don't want to or that I am illiterate, It's just that for some reason, the idea of sitting &reading a book strikes me the same as sitting &watching a movie, except with the movie, I'm able to focus on different, small &intricate details while focusing on the main point. When I do that while I read, I get distracted &often times forget what I just read. It's something that I'm telling myself that I need to get over &just start doing again, so hopefully I get over myself &do it. Do you read often? &If so, what genre?
lovelove-
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What don't you like about the school?
If I were to get a camera, I'd probably get another D-SLR, but nothing in the near future. I had a Rebel XT, which was sweet, lot's of options and learning possibilities. Although, I have a definite adoration of view cameras...and I think it would be sweet to try a pinhole camera, especially making one.
Oh yes, the frustration. I'm working on forming some kind of simplification process for excavating sounds and ideas from my head; I often find that unless I'm improvising, deciding what to say and how to say it is a bit much to do at once. Miscellaneous things-oh yes.
Deal. The movie is comprised of eight sections, each being a dream that this guy had, ranging from nuclear destruction to simple living to accepting your past, and just random, detailed occurences.
I've been reading quite a bit the last few months, and quite a bit of variation between styles of writing. For a while, I've been into different books that definitely have their ties with religion/spirituality/philosophy, I've been reading the Harry Potter books, which has been pretty much the only fiction reading, books about building log homes, I read Into The Wild like a week ago because I went through a similar experience, I love Tuesdays With Morrie, Kurt Cobains Journals, The Continuum Concept (which is more a way of life than a book).
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What don't I like about school.... It starts with isolation. I love that my college is in the middle of southern Ohio in an area that is surrounded by nothing but trees &more trees. The campus is beautiful, the school is great. The problems is more social than anything. I've grown up downtown for my entire life so going to this school was going to be a major change &I knew that. I knew that this school had the national reputation of being a party school, but I thought that maaaaybe there was something else to do that would not involve drinking or anything of the like (not that I don't drink, but I refuse to let that be my only option). So I start... Every weekend is the same-- some worse than others, but in general, the campus falls into an epitome of drunk individuals who are only concerned with themselves &it's just tiring. I had a roommate last year, who I knew prior to living with her, who didn't talk to me until spring quarter. That's 6 months with a few sentences spoken to each other every few days. Our other roommate left after winter. &That was that. I never really gained a social life because once people found out that I wasn't really about the party scene, it was like they didn't really want to have anything to do with me? So even if I called, it was a slim chance that anything was going to happen that weekend.
Now saying this, I come off as a boring individual but I really don't think that I am? I'll drink on occasion, I've smoked a few times but mostly what I enjoy doing is talking to people &allowing each of us to pick apart the others brain with new &amazing information. Oh well. To each their own &I've often followed a different path.
But I want to stress that I don't look to myself in a "pity me" sort of attitude, although I'm sure that I came off that way. I regret that I chose this school, but at the same time I've grown in different ways that I wouldn't have necessarily grown in at other colleges or universities. So I have mixed emotions on my decisions.
There you have it! My experiences at The Ohio University rolled up into a few separate paragraphs. Hopefully it didn't bore you.
Anyway. It's close to Christmas. What are your plans for this joyous season? &To start the questions again, what is your favourite scent?
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That was glorious.
To be me for five minutes, a lot of shit goes down, almost all of which I have no idea about, but in the midst of it, I'll manage to check out a few things, take notice of something. I'll most likely think about how I think too much, think about how that thinking came to be.
Definitely depends on the environment and the shit within me. Around certain people and places, I find tranquility, I find beauty, I find engagement and connection with the universes within them. Around certain situations, I get anxious, I second guess myself. I'm thinking about how the new age drugs are emotions, which are an incredible language, unfathomably intricate by my eyes. I'm thinking about how people are okay with Adarol or Dextrin (which are probably both spelled wrong), but not okay with crack or cocaine, which does the same thing to you, and people take things like Oxycontin, which is heroin. The difference between them? Pharmaceutical control, perhaps? Anyways, I don't understand all the games people play.
In 5 minutes, I am usually confused, enchained in my own ignorance and attention span, occasionally things fall into harmony within me. 5 minutes is an eternity. I'll possibly ponder seperation, division of things. Maybe I'll look at fish in a fish tank and see that they are flying like birds, in a different air. Maybe I'll think that I'm in a comfortable position to die in. Maybe I'll make a phone call, maybe I'll do a drug, which could really be any verb, just how it's done. I'll think about how I'm always travelling, I like to see new places, and lately I've been travelling to places in my mind not normally, physically possible, and experiencing things that are usually out of physical human perception. You never know. I like it that way.
-d
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I just ready that for the first time. That was beautiful. I like your description of 5 minutes being an eternity. Really. The personal affect of everything that happens within the span of 5 minutes can be either life changing or detrimental to one's health. One could die, one could be born; Another could marry the person of their dreams or mess up everything with a simple mistake of a relationship with another person. Everything, in 5 minutes, could change drastically and dramatically, either making or breaking a persons world. Some times the 5 minutes carries on for hours- days- months- years- and even a lifetime. Unbearable thoughts.
(Sorry, I've got a lot clouding my mind right now.)
Since we've not written back &forth for awhile, how have you been?
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I've been a lot of things, and haven't been even more, but relatively well, healthy and sane, working everyday, still breathing, writing much, eating a lot of fruit, nuts, fish and caviar. But indeed on the 5 minute eternity bit. Infinity is a crazy thing, lengths and heights and widths and depths kind of dissolve into the same puddle.
Unbearable? I hope not too much. Let those clouds disperse, let some sun in and tell me.....how are you?
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weeks later, here is my response:
i, elise marie, am in strange sorts. i recently found out (monday night) that my very good friend, kevin, who lives in chicago, was in a serious car accident &is in the hospital with multiple fractures to his upper vertebrae around his spine (luckily not paralyzed) &is in an induced coma to keep the brain from swelling. his friend, who was driving, died when she got to the hospital. :\ so that's been heavy on my mind because i was visiting him in two weeks so now i need to get in contact with his friends/ family to see if there's any way that i could visit him in the hospital.
with that, it was my finals week. i had 4 papers &3 finals... it was a load of fun. hahah. that's how i've been in a nutshell: a ball of stress, worry, anxiety, and in an odd way happy and relieved.
so now that i've waited so long to reply, how have you been?
withlove-
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That is heavy. It amazes me, the details ones life can incur, the passion between humans, and how people can so fearlessly put their lives on a platter for other people to see.
Me? I'm feeling rather dazed, indifferent, numb. Much repetition, much unconsciousness. Thanksgiving has me eager. Creature comforts.
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What are you carrying in your mind that has you feeling dazed/ indifferent/ numb? (I mean, if you don't mind my asking.)
Are you going home for thanksgiving?
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Thanksgiving was glorious. Home? Yep.
I'm hardly carrying anything in my mind, it's interesting. I've been working a lot, my body has been very active, and much energy is being used to feed it's activity as opposed to thought energy. Don't fear asking. It's nice to have a little less brain activity for a while. I'm off to the store for some bread-
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I'm terrible at responses, apparently. But I miss the conversation that wentback&forth between you &I. So .
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How are you?I hope all is well.I look for new photos fromyou fromtimeto time.
Anyway,I thinkthat I'm going to watch a movie, mayhaps. Regardless, I hopethat you havea fantasticday.
peace&love-
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Fiest is just...cute sounding, very nice on the ears, good melodies. I'm into certain really really unique voices, but...oof. The Tiny-the singer sounded like a mix between Bjork and that one medium lady on Poltergeist with the really high voice. Kind of creeps me out. I can totally listen to it, but it's like listening to the Cure; I can only take Robert Smiths voice in small doses. I have heard creepier though. I can't remember if I said the Dresden Dolls, but they rock my face off.
There's no way in hell I can pin down one movie, I'm into a lot of movies, I have respect for anyone who can put that much effort into a big production, from my own experience with movie making. Should I...make a list?
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Yes yes! A list would be wonderful. I'm curious as to your movie tastes.
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Hook, A beautiful mind, the neverending story, what the bleep/down the rabbit hole, requiem for a dream, princess mononoke, cast away (I love the simplicity), braveheart (get the man juices going), the princess bride, E.T., the labyrinth, the notebook (when I'm due for some crying), the first matrix for it's philosophies and concepts, american history x, forrest gump, wizard of oz, donnie darko, the big lebowski, haha...this seems very vague, there isn't just a couple movies that jump out to me, as I said, I think they are all amazing. Maybe this will give you some clue as to what's happening inside me. I want to hear yours!
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For starters..
Everything Is Illuminated; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Requiem For A Dream; American Beauty; Capote; Just Friends (one of the few mindless comedies that i love); Ghostbusters!; Blow; Walk The Line; 21 Grams; The Breakfast Club; American History X; Me & You & Everyone We Know; Catch Me If You Can; Happy Feet!; Beauty & The Beast; The Good Girl; Taxi Driver; The Science of Sleep; Stranger Than Fiction; Four Brothers; The War of the Roses; The Last Kiss; Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; Benny & Joon; The Doors; Little Miss Sunshine; Shindler's List; Greenstreet Hooligans!; Party Monster; Shawshank Redemption; Sherry Baby (realistically amazing); Casablanca; Breakfast At Tiffany's; One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest; Art School Confidential; I Heart Huckabee's... &i just gave you a jist of it.
So sorry if that bored you. Anyway...
Do you have a curious question to ask?
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What is it like to be you for 5 minutes?
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What is it like to be me for 5 minutes? It honestly depends on which 5 minutes one decides to be me. If I'm in a good mood, then it's probably fairly interesting. My mind would be racing with interesting ideas &new thoughts of activities &designs. When I'm in a somber mood, I just think about things in a darker, more realistic light. I tend to emphasize, in conversations at least, the importance of intellectual topics; I look at music &instead of just listening to it in the background, I listen to the lyrics more intently &while I don't necessarily apply it to my life, I just gain new insight to things. If one was to be me for 5 minutes when I'm really depressed, which doesn't happen much because of my medication, but those 5 minutes would suck. That's all that needs to be said about that one. hah.
What is it like to be you for 5 minutes?
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Wehell...free will is the world in question, I've got a lot of things on my mind. Possibilities. If I asked, and found out, then I would know, but what I know is infinitely moreso what I don't know. I'm confused. Much love-
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Haha..I'm pretty sure I've never been called mister before, being 20 and all. It happens? It reminds me of "Excuse me mister" by Ben Harper, which is one of my favorite songs.
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hahaha. good. i'm glad that i'm possibly the first to call you mister.
&that's a very good song.
what .. is your favourite fruit?
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Hah...nice. I'm stuck between plums and mangos, and if you include nuts under the definition, then pistachios as well. Why do you ask? And what is yours?
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I guess I asked because I was a little bit curious & a little bit bored. Plus, I love the question game[s]. So if you have a question, feel free.
Hah.. I love fruit. I'm going with apples, clementines &
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Hahahah...I've more than once found myself under-appreciative of fruit. Have you lived in Ohio your whole life? What do you think about 'hide and seek' by Imogen Heap?
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I have lived in OH since the day that I was born.. Yaaaay! (?). Have you lived in parts of MN all of your life?
&that song is fantastic. I realllllly like it. I like the song itself &the use of it in the movie 'The Last Kiss' with Zach Braff. Personal favourite scene of that movie is the scene where they use Hide&Seek. It's, at least for me, one of the most moving of the entire movie, which in itself is completely and utterly depressing but I seem to be uniquely attracted to those movies. &On top of that, the lyrics in the song are fascinating to me. I like it, needless to say.
Do you listen to Nick Drake?
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Not all of my life, there was a couple-year chunk when I was younger than five when I lived in Redlands, California. But for the rest of my life, yep. I've actually never went farther east than Wisconsin.
That song is amazing, I've had some good experiences listening to it, though I've never watched 'The Last Kiss'. The lyrics are completely intriguing to me. I've never listened to or heard of Nick Drake. I'm going to have a look-see and hopefully a listen.
Well...I listened to him a little bit, I liked it, very smooth, it seems to me he was very comfortable in is own skin, which is always refreshing to listen to. Any certain songs you'd recommend?
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Mm... so many so manyyyy. Let me see.
Saturday Sun
River Man
Cello Song (Used in the movie 'The Good Girl'... quite effectively I might add) [&if you couldn't tell... i love movies.]
Way To Blue
Fruit Tree
-- basically all of the album 'Five Leaves Left'
Made To Love Magic
Hanging On A Star
Man In A Shed
From The Morning
.... or you could just look up everything &be amazed, yah? Also, if you don't- Elliot Smith is good. Along with The Weepies, Red House Painters.. (if you like relaxed/relaxing music, just ask me. it's borderline my favourite type)
So- hypothetical. Would you, to preserve a shoe, duct tape the bottom of it &continue to wear it, occasionally updating the duct tape that has worn away?
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I'd say fuck it, I'ma make me sum shoes! But until then, I would either:
a. Yes, use duct tape
b. Go for a walk and hopefully find some one the side of a road, as I did in Portland a couple months ago.
c. Check out a recycled clothing place
Elliot Smith is quality! I haven't heard of the other couple, but I am mos DEF into relaxing music, like Zero 7, they come to mind. Something....'chillllll', 'mmhmmmm'. 'Yes'.
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I asked because I was duct taping my clogs at the time. Hah... I just wanted the opinion that I wasn't necessarily crazy..
Elliot Smith IS quality. Yesssss. Zero 7 is good as well. I've not heard much of their stuff lately.. My computer crashed bcak in April &I lost a lot [a lot a lot] of music, pictures, files, etc. So I believe that they were on there &are now in my broken hard-drive that I was refusing to pay between $900-$3400 to fix. That's stupid. I'd buy a new computer. So I said fuck it.
UHm... If you're into female vocalists, A Fine Frenzy is a very smooth, unique voice. Madeleine Peyroux is more of a jazz vocalist; she's been compared to Billie Holiday on a number of occasions &I adore her voice. &Rilo Kiley.
My favourite band, which I highly recommend to really anyone, is The Damnwells. If you've liked my music tastes thus far, you'll have no problem loving them. They are amazing live, they're all really nice guys, &their music is just fantastic... At least I think so. 
[Kiss Catastrophe & Sleepsinging are glorious songs... hit those up first.]
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I was just about to sell my computer a couple days ago, so I got rid of like 14 gigs of music. I gots nothin now. I'd say fuck it as well. But yeah, I'm into the female vocalists, I was just listening to Fiest. I've listened to Rilo Kiley a little bit. I just watched the video for Sleepsinging-that was crazy shit, solid music, and while I certainly approve, they aren't something that jumps out to me as distinct. Madeleine Peyroux...oh my. I'd never heard of her, but holy hell...thank you. Beautiful sounds, such passion. I'm watching an interview witih A Fine Frenzy-I like her philosophies and approach to music, but...too much of a diva for my taste. Hah..and the guy talking is bastardizing the whole thing.
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The Damnwells aren't necessarily distinct... but it's good. So I'm at least happy that you enjoyed it. &you're welcome for Madeleine Peyroux. A friend of mine actually introduced her to me, along with Sonya Kitchell. She's good too. I like Fiest, but I've not heard much of her music, so I can't say anything either way but I've liked what I've heard. If you're into really really unique female voices, look up The Tiny. It's one that people either like or don't like. It's a three piece, consisting of cello, keyboard &double bass. I like them a whole bunch.
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Regardless... What's your favourite movie?
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Most definitely-and upon a more thorough inspection of your gallery, I've concluded that I like what you see!
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Are you going to school for photography?
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i'm actually majoring in psychology but i'm picking up a minor in photography.
what are you going to school for? that is if you're out of high school... haha.
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I graduated high school in 05', took a year off, then last year I went to school for guitar making and repairing, which was pretty dope, and graduated from there. Psychology? That is badass, especially if it's something that moves you..and not just a money maker.
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honestly, money is not a reason that i would go into the psychology field. my focus, as the education ladder climbs, is going to be leaning more towards art therapy. so that should be pretty fun.
so what did you do on year off?
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Art therapy? I've never heard those two words in conjunction. Does that mean...art is therapeutic for you, or helping people by showing them an artistic outlet?
My year off-the day after I turned 18 and was able to move out of my parents house, 3 months after graduating high school, I moved to Coon Rapids, MN, and started working, making granite countertops for some company. The worst 3 months of my life. Then, I realized I could act upon that, influence where I live, and moved to Duluth, where I lived out probably the most intoxicating 6 months of my life there, drunk on a girl named Clare, and being a fucking telemarketer. A much condensed summary, but was basically the beginning of recovering from unhealthy living, learning how to see, learning how to not suck at life.
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so i always have trouble trying to explain what it is, &this is the best explanation that i found:
"Art therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses art materials, such as paints, chalk and markers. Art therapy combines traditional psychotherapeutic theories and techniques with an understanding of the psychological aspects of the creative process, especially the affective properties of the different art materials."
they actually used this method of therapy a lot with the children that were directly affected after hurricane katrina. so neat, i think.
that sounds like a rather interesting... and confusing, it seems, year off. i liked the summary, but was the summary involving the time spent during the year or the following months?
what's your favourite art medium? or form of art?
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Wow. I'm doing some investigation via wikipedia on it, and...it sounds pretty much brilliant.
The summary was of the year, which had its abundance of confusion. The following time has been a trip.
As for my favorite form of art...it needs some explaining. I look at myself and the world around me as art, nothing excluded, but being a creator myself, I've been using my actions, my words as art. I guess the definition of art makes a big difference. My thought process, my spirituality, my reactions, those are what I'm into as far as art outlets right now. Do you know what I mean? My engagement with the world, my connection. Everything that is possible is my favorite form of art.
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i like that. a lot.
probably the best form of art that i've heard of in a while.
so i'm speechless as to anything else to say. i'm going to addtion you to my friends list.. is that alright, mister?
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i really like your gallery.
just giving you my praise...
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aaaaah! thanks you thank you.
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