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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by my flickr page.

Leave a comment if you like, your comments are appreciated and welcome here. Try not to be too severe - this is not my day-job.

I'm a bit of a kook and a bit of a comic. I love to laugh, eat, drink and be happy - life is way too short to do otherwise.

This is my art; like it or not.

A small poem I wrote many years ago, goes like this:
(This poem is dedicated to the memory of my beloved Dad)

*************THE MIND*************

Body_____sustains_____Mind
"Why___mind___the___Body?"
asks the inner

The_Question,_"Why?",_arises
The_______________Balance
The__Question__of__Balance
_______Equilibrium________

The Mind,______The Question
__________Life!___________

The Experience,__The Answer
_________Death?_________

Balanced_____but Unbalanced
"Does the Mind Die?"
Another__Question__is_posed
Is there an Answer?

________The Union________

The______________Universe

S C A T T E R E D__M A T T E R

Why does it matter?

In the essence
Reality____borders____Insanity
Imaginery_____________Sanity

The Postulation:______The Line

_______________No beginning

No end____________________

The Find?_________Never Mind.
JNL


bending-time
for my father, my teacher, my friend



YIASOU SAMARIA
Fought in loneliness, a Battle so Sweet
Of days gone by on the Island of Crete.
Resilient yet restless, the Mind still in a Toss

Yawning came the Day but my Sunshine was at a Loss.
Omalos was waiting, the Samaria Gorge too
Upheld by a Promise of what I must do.

Down went the Trail, it was rocky and steep
Each step came a thought and a Memory to keep.
After a time, I began to Smile
Noting the fact I felt so Alive all the while
Nature is Beautiful, Love of Life is too,
And so is the Memory that I hold of You.
JNL



16 things:

1 I love playing the game of golf; unfortunately, I'm really not a very good player… .....pretty much 'hit-n-miss' if you know what I mean.

2 I have always enjoyed drawing and I wanted to be a commercial artist in my youth.

3 I currently write construction manuals for architects, but I daydream sometimes that I will quit my job and focus on my art full time. Although, I really like a roof over my head and food in the fridge, so I will continue to write technical manuals.

4 I am an ex-smoker but still find the combined smell of coffee and cigarettes intoxicating.

5 I can not stand the smell of, or eat cantaloupe, honeydew or green melon.

6 I am a workaholic in denial.

7 I backpacked on my own through Europe for a year when I finished school. It was an amazing year and an amazing adventure and some day I hope to do it again.

8 I am a shy and private person on a social level, but assertive in a work environment.

9 My astrological sign is Scorpio.

10 I feel very connected with my surroundings when it is pouring rain.

11 Fascinated with how things work, i have always been compelled to take things apart and then reassemble them, but not always successfully….it started with things like toys, radios and TV's, and later progressed to cars and motorcycles.

12 I enjoy late night moonlit walks during freezing cold windless winter nights, alone with my thoughts and with the crunching sound and squeal of snow and ice under my feet.

13 I enjoy the outdoors and love to be near water. I love summer and everything that comes with it, except mosquitoes and humidity.

14 I don't consider myself photogenic and I hate to have my picture taken.

15 Flickr has become my alter ego and an outlet to express my artistic side.

16 I am still a big kid at heart, although, these days I tend to scare myself in the mornings while looking in the mirror and wondering, who the heck is that guy looking back at me!=)


me-and-the-pooch......sometime in the late 70's