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"Love just is. It is neither given nor taken; rather it is simply discovered and allowed."

Email Juan Carlos

"Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for." ~Clarence Darrow

Chittamani Kadampa Buddhist Center Austin, Tx

"All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves." ~Bill Hicks

"Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe." ~Lao Tzu

"I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people." ~John Lennon

"If it's true that we're all from the center of a star, every atom in each of us from the center of a star, then we're all from the same thing, and even a coke machine or a cigarette butt on the street in Buffalo are made out of atoms that came from a star. They've all been recycled thousands of times as have you and I. So, if that is true, and I am everywhere in the universe, in an extended sense, and therefore, it's only me out there, so what is there to be afraid of? What is there that needs solace-seeking? Nothing. There's nothing to be afraid of, because it's all us. The trouble is, we've been separated from being that universe by being born, we've been given a name and an identity and being individuated and separated from the oneness, and that's what religion exploits; that people have this yearning to be part of the overall one again, so they exploit that, they call it god, they say he has rules and I think it's cruel. I think you can do it absent religion" ~George Carlin

"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." ~John Milton

"Turn in your Grave da Vinci (Beetlejuice) East Austin Studio Tour 2011"
"When I paint I feel 110% happy and overwhelmed with other emotions I can't explain. Every painter is like an antenna, in the sense that whenever we decide to create we tune into the 'signal'. The entire process of painting a picture is in my opinion, one of the highest degrees of spiritual things you can do. I have accepted that there is one than more reality and that there are things and forces I can't explain...my heart is in charge now." ~Juan Carlos Amorrortu

"Elevation"
"The answer can never be found in the mind." ~Sailor Bob Adamson

"Karloff"
"The monster was the best friend I ever had." ~Boris Karloff

"Awakening"
"Appearances/Manifestations come and go. You/Awareness have NEVER moved." ~Michael Jeffreys


Female Head Study Umbra Underlayer"

"Imprimatura & burnt Umbra underlayer"


"Verdaccio Study"


"Unus Per Lux Lucis Etching on Copper plate with Aquatint"
"Humanity is now faced with a stark choice: Evolve or die, ... If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction." ~Eckhart Tolle


"Forgive me Da Vinci (I put a smile on that face)"
"Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense." ~Unknown


"The Stuff of Nightmares (Felix the Cat)"
"Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art." ~Harry Truman


"In my Eyes you Are still Beautiful"

"Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned." ~Swami Nirmalananda


"Liquid Death"


"Goodbye Mr. President"
"Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us." ~John F. Kennedy


Mechanical Soul
Only the dead have seen the end of war ~ Plato


Protect Liberty

"In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it." ~Ernst Fischer


Are you there god? Etching with aquatint on copper plate
"Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood." ~Khalil Gibran


Greedy Pig Etching with aquatint on copper plate with chine colle
*To all the pig population of the world, I ask that you find in your "delicious" heart to forgive me for insulting you...

"The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, 'Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?' And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, 'Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.' And we... kill those people. 'Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real.' It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok... But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace." ~Bill Hicks


Liberate Etching with aquatint on copper plate
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~Mark Twain


I Smell a Rat Etching with aquatint on copper plate
"You keep believing, I'll keep evolving." ~Bumper sticker


State of the Union Etching with aquatint on copper plate
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." ~Groucho Marx

Are We There Yet
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." ~Helen Keller

Cease Fire
"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth."
~George Washington


"Inflation"
"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves." ~George Washington


Geisha
"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die", and find that there is no death." ~ Eckhart Tolle


Female Head Study in Oils


Girl with the Pearl Earring finished underpainting in oils

"A good painter has to bring out two things: The physical appearance of the subject he is painting, but also what is in the mind, the intentions of the soul; achieving the first is easy, the second very hard." ~Leonardo Da Vinci


Brainwash


Trente Trois


Jell O Jellyfish


The Intoxication of Marat


American Gothic with Chemtrailed Skies over Austin Texas


The Beauty of that Smile


I'm Telling you, those weren't Regular Mushrooms

"Theory has no place.., in an artist's basic education. It is the eye and the hand that should be exercised during the impressionable years of youth .... It is always possible to later acquire the accessory knowledge involved in the production of a work of art, but never - and I want to stress that point -- never can the will, perseverance, and tenacity of a mature man make up for insufficient practice. And can there be such anguish compared to that felt by the artist who sees the realization of his dream compromised by weak execution?" ~W. Bouguereau


The Owl is Watching


War Baby


Greedy Pig


Illuminati

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." ~Martin Luther King Jr.


Dali Woodcut



Dita Von Teese


"Starting a new picture is very pleasant, for you always believe that this time you're going to create a masterpiece; you take pains, and little by little the painting takes shape, the effect comes through. You feel marvelous sensations. When it's done, however, things are different. You want to touch up the arm, the movement of the body doesn't seem graceful.., and you end up doing nothing, for fear of having to redo the whole thing completely." ~William Bouguereau


A brief Moment of Inner Examination

"One is born an artist. The artist is a man endowed with a special nature, with a particular feeling for seeing form and color spontaneously, as a whole, in perfect harmony. If one lacks that feeling, one is not an artist and will never become an artist; and it is a waste of time to entertain the possibility. This craft is acquired through study, observation, and practice; it can improve by ceaseless work. But the instinct for art is innate. First, one has to love nature with all one's heart and soul, and be able to study and admire it for hours on end. Everything is in nature. A plant, a leaf, a blade of grass should be the subjects of infinite and fruitful meditations; for the artist, a cloud floating in the sky has form, and the form affords him joy, helps him think." ~W. Bouguereau


Woman at the Window Watching the Oil Spill


It's Evolution, Baby!

"A good painter is full of figures and forms and if it were possible for him to live for ever, he would always bring forth something new." ~Albrecht Durer


Heath's Joker



Love does not Stink


Genealogic Angiogram

"I create better when I'm alone. Not just alone -as no one around - but lonely... My soul is in my art and only there will you see it." ~Brad Greek


Marilyn Monroe



George Carlin

"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." ~Andre Gide

"I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings."
~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

All songs and Art Copyrighted 2011
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Paul Murray
Eckhart tolle THE POWER OF NOW
Inside Job: Oscar winning documentary on the financial collapse
Religulous
The Cove - stop the killing of dolphins
Christopher Hitchens
Richard Dawkins Foundation
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Sam Harris
Atheist Community of Austin
Art Documentaries
Bill Hicks
George Carlin
Carl Sagan


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