I was an idealistic kid. I used to dream that my life would have a perfect purity to it, that I would never sell out to anything or anyone. I was absolutely sure I would be the one unaffected by the insanity.
I grew up to find I was a guest at a very strange tea party and haven't quite figured out how I got here. When exactly did we start confusing oxymorons with integrity? How come nobody laughs at the term Practical Idealism? Am I the only one who thinks Compassionate Conservatism is a euphemism for bend over?
In truth I often mistake myself for a sucessful guy that has made it, if not to the top, then at least to the top ten percent. Come to find out that's not how I want to see myself. It's a poor myth with a second rate hero. I need to set out on a different journey, one with more meaning than success and certainly a more mythic one. I'm not yet sure it needs a hero, but it does need to be a lot more heroic than the one I've created thus far. Hence, MythAndImage.
This site then is an attempt to get back to some level of self I have traded off and sold out. It is my art, my thinking, and my history (the part I value).
Business
Anyway, I do sell the masks, monoprints, and sculpture.
For info, e-mail me (click the contact link).
If you need to see more, I can throw some stuff up on a private
page for your viewing. If you are poor or have something cool, I
would also consider a trade. I am also open to trading
links. Your site has to have as much integrity as mine
(which shouldn't be that hard) and present something unique and,
preferably, interesting. If your site is made up mostly of
regurgitated culture I will probably beg off.
I am supposed to note at this point that all this stuff is Copyrighted, trademarked, protected, protracted, and warranted to be free of defect for the life of a positron. Please don't rip off anything. There ain't really nothin' here worth stealing. If you want to use anything, ask. I'll probably be flattered and say yes if it's for something non-commercial. If you do decide to steal something, maybe you could at least give credit and please don't associate it with anything ugly. Thanks.
Family
If you think you might like entrance to the private family area,
like maybe you're a distant cousin or something, e-mail me for
the passwords. If you would prefer to crack them it isn't really
that hard and we aint exactly hiding state secrets. It's just a
privacy issue for some of the folks.
The Other Stuff
You can also e-mail me if you just want to talk about something
interesting. Something interesting is left sufficiently vague to
include an eclectic range of topics and ideas. However,
Interesting subjects
specifically Do Not Include:
Special offers to buy
ANYTHING!
If you do this to me I
will set my limited creative powers to figuring ways to get
even.
Subscriptions to
ANYTHING!
ANY FREE OFFER!
If in doubt you probably do not have
anything I want.
Missionary e-mail of any
kind.
Don't spread the answer
around. It screws up the search some of us are interested
in.
I'd love to hear and
debate religious ideas (or anything else) but if you're sure you
know the answer,
make sure you don't
tell it to me; Including but not limited to (in order of
nastiness)
New Age
Stupidity .
I
am new here, this is my first time on the planet; haven't any
past lives yet so don't bother.
No
one is coming to get us, save us, or offer any kind of
enlightenment.
If
they were I would be the first to sign up for the
resistance.
I
have seen one perfectly enlightened person. He was cool but
still just folks.
I
don't need men, sex, or power; I have enough of each (well,
almost).
I've never met a witch I didn't like.
Suburban shamanism sucks.
I
abuse my inner child. DSS has threatened to take him
away.
I am a member of Truth
Anonymous. I'm doing One Day At A Time.
Don't attempt to
convert me to any monotheistic religion. There are way too many
true gods.
Don't attempt to
convert me to any political party. We have at least three too
many.