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The only permanence in this universe appears to be change. Like a river, life is an endless flow of changing information. Yet, there is a continuum that remains present in spite of change. What... or who is that?

Maybe the proper response to this observation may not be such question, or any question at all. Maybe we are meant to recognize this presence and just accept it at its face value, however is that we perceive it. Then go along with it and see where it leads us.

The problem I have with questioning is that we tend to justify or explain the unknown by using our knowledge as a base to rationalize what may be (and most often is) beyond our grasp. If we do not question then we are in a bad place because critical thinking, creativity, and innovation are replaced with conservative dogmatic mindlessness. So, “we are supposed to question everything” I hear many say who support evolutionary democratic ideologies. If I am to make a choice, I will stick to the second for sure. But if I am to liberate myself from making choices between per-determined offerings, I rather remain as the original eye observing and processing the flow of the river rather than decide what a river is.

I believe that the nature of the universe in which we exist can be compares to a little piece of cork floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The ramifications from this perspective are too many to deliberate in this small page, but is an invitation to all of us to consider.

From an artist's point of view I find myself dancing between what I sense myself as being and the need to communicate. Deviant Art has been a great place to come for such purpose. Here I can release the results from my journey from whatever perspective best appears to be for the moment. Then there is feedback and a dance of exchange takes place, contributing to a flowing of change in thought, feeling, and perspective... and that is the river, that is life... that is endless continuing change of information in time and space providing us with the vehicle of permanent change.



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Greetings to all of you my dear friends out there on spaceship Earth and beyond.  Live is what happens outside of the plans we make as we intend to journey through it.  Often (if not always) what ends up along the path is not what we plan, expect, or even thought possible.  Even the path itself ends up being unrecognizable to what originally we may have visualized it.

We can look at our life as a line in time drawn from birth to death, marked in space with an on-going sequence of events to which we call experiences.  Whatever the product of what our memory keeps from all the choices of interpretations of such events; to that we often call life!

 

During the interregnum created in our otherwise regular exchange of art, heart, and love, a paradigm shift has occurred to me during what many be refer to as: “the Holliday season” or “Christmas.”

 

In a nutshell it looks like to me that reality (at large) is like a cloud carried by a breeze in a warm summer morning.  On one side everyone can create a visual of this description, on the other hand every one of them is unique.

 

If we take an “R” amount of red pigment and mix it with a “Y” amount of yellow pigment, we end up with orange color.  However, as soon as we expand this phrase by asking under what conditions this action took place, the results are virtually countless from black to white and most colors in between.

Just to illustrate the point consider that if you mix these pigments in total darkness the result is still black!  If you place the pigments on a cold surface while the pigments are warm, and you photograph the resulting mix with infrared film, the result will be white on black!  Change the light source in Chroma, saturation, and intensity and the result will vary wildly. Vary the ratio of the pigments and the same variability compounds!!!!!

Facts and reality of life are in the same boat.  All our experiences (experiences meaning our take on the events we encounter as we flow through this universe from one moment to the next) stem from assumptions we make about what we choose reality and facts should be outside of the parameters that define such original choices. 

 

Ultimately, everything is relative in many levels simultaneously.  How many simultaneous levels are there?  Who knows!  I can mention a few levels of relative reality like: Physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.  Remember how many shades of orange we can make just with two colors? Red and yellow? Well, now imagine how many shades of reality one can create with four “pigments” of physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual “color”!!!

 

The fascinating ending of this deliberating reflection took me by surprise when I realized that all of this infinite possibility of choices of reality fall inside of the 1 or two percent of our human unique differences. 

 

Consider that our human genome is 99.9…% is the same among us, and about 98% among most life form groups on Earth.  We all live in the same Galactic environment and made of the same table of elements. 

Unfortunately, we cancel out most common factors of our existence and focus on the little silly 1% and all its infinite possibilities.  We then try to determine which one of those is the REAL AND TRUTHFULL ONE!!!!

…And that my friends is the best definition of insanity I am able to produce (today) He! He! He!!!

 

Oh! By the way, the path I had planned for this year: all the leisure time I was going to have to enjoy you in Deviantart after my big job was completed! Well! Not happening!! I got several major projects as a result of my success on that one job!  Now I have to still time “here and there” to pic into our artistic and loving universe!!!!

I will continue to visit and drop some images now and then, but it will be a while before I will be able to return in force to our art community!

Thank you for your loving support and awesome inspiration… and remember that each and every one of you are here in this universe as a result of caused way beyond our own grasp, so look within and fall madly in love with the most magical manifestation of Universal Creation… YOU!!!



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To all my dear friends and follower artists

The last quarter of the year has turned out extremely demanding.  As a result I have not had time to spend time doing what I love to do: spending time in contact with you.  I am taking this time to wish every one of you a wonderful Holiday / Christmas season and an awesomely great New Year.

Hopefully soon I will be able to get back to having some quality time with you.

Love and smiles from the heart,

Joe

 

PS: one of my dead lines was to produce a trailer for an upcoming documentary: BRAIN POWER

You can see an upload (they messed up the ratio but is visible) at:  www.uams.edu/ctn/



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The next few months are going to continue to be extremely demanding in my career, so my  appearances and contributions will be subject to the time available. So if I appear less verbose is simply because present ciecumstances and not for the lack of love for our work; mine and yours who have kept me inspired in my work every day.

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TO ALL MY LOVING FRIEND DEVIANT COMPANIONS ON THIS AWESOME JOURNY CALLED LIFE!
In the next 3 weeks I will be extremely engaged with professional responsibilities in the field of ESL education with teachers in Arkansas, helping them to integrate digital photography and other related technologic data for their "methods-and-materials" tool box.
So, I will be here at DA with you less frequently than usual, but I promise to reply to every comment you make when I return.
I also will try to continue to share more images as time will permit!
Love and smiles from the heart to you all,
-:heart:-
J=DE

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