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Ron Schira

RON SCHIRA Godspeed Mom (11/9/25 - 2/27/07) I love you

About Me

I am an independent artist and an art critic for the Reading Eagle Newspaper with over 600 articles published. I am also a freelance essayist for any art or educational organization that produces exhibit brochures and needs writings on art. I have curated shows locally as well as make my own brand of conceptual abstraction which I have exhibited in numerous shows throughout the Central PA region and in Philadelphia. Please check out my pictures and comment me if you like. I also write short stories, essays and prose. Please be aware that all images of paintings and photographs, as well as all written material are intellectual property and copyright by Ron Schira 2007, and not to be used without my consent (thanks).I am divorced, presently single and taking suggestions. Last but definitely not least, I am the the lucky father of a fabulous 17 year old daughter who is the spark of my existence. My LiL GiRL guys layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com :: MyHotComments

My Interests

All kinds of Art, I am an art nut, I also love to read and write, as well as go to concerts, movies and theater, I enjoy long walks, biking and going to NYC for the cultural events, not necessarily in the same order. I enjoy fine dining or cooking. I very rarely drink any kind of alcohol. I occasionally like to play an adventure based video game. I am not a sports or Nascar freak but don't mind going to the events for the thrill of being there.

I'd like to meet:

Like-minded people who are intelligent, creative, level-headed and positive. I also want to meet fellow artists and writers to share ideas and philosophies, I mean, lay it on me, I am not afraid to think.

Music:

All kinds, lately, I have been listening to a lot of ambient, but I enjoy alternative or experimental rock and techno as well as punk, psychedelia (no drugs, I prefer clarity) jazz, folk or classical. I have a wide variety of taste.

Movies:

I have always enjoyed a good horror flick that isn't over the top gory, I like to be awed and scared, not grossed out. However, I enjoyed "My Dinner with Andre," the original version of "The Haunting," and anything by Coppola, Lynch or Kubrick, there's too many to mention. Alright, I really enjoyed "The Lord of the Rings," "My Neighbor Totoro," (with my daughter), "Forbidden Planet" and "The Seven Faces of Dr Lao" too.

Television:

Not too much, I get a laugh out of Pro Wrestling, don't watch sports unless it's the Olympics, I watch the news. Actually, I can live without TV, most of it is a waste of time. I would rather have the Internet.

Books:

Authors Charles Bukowski, Arthur Nersesian, Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Ames, David Sedaris, Steve Almond, Martin Amis, Robert Silverburg, John Updike, Robert Bly, Osho, Krishnamurti, etc, etc. Looking for more women authors. I love to read science fiction, philosophy, stories on contemporary life, essays, art magazines and poetry.

Heroes:

I have no present day heroes that I can think of, used to be John Lennon, but I admire anyone who overcomes great odds to achieve a higher goal, Victor Frankl, Ghandi, Copernicus.

My Blog

An old friend from Atlantis - a poem

An old friend from Atlantis and a fifty dollar color therapy session   What color do you see now?  she asks as the wand glides over my reclining body the crystals filtering the sun infus...
Posted by Ron Schira on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:46:00 PST

personal art statement

    I write about art but I began as an artist.  Since I have been a child my favorite activity has always been painting.  My dad did those paint by numbers kits as a hobby and m...
Posted by Ron Schira on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:59:00 PST

about my artwork

About my artwork:   You ask me what my artwork is about.  Could the artworks be possibly about painting itself, painting and drawing, line and color, the love of smearing, smudging, scrap...
Posted by Ron Schira on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:29:00 PST

Love and more love: a poem

I love you I love you I Love You. I love you Like a vase of flowers Or a string of pearls I love you like a card and candy Or a week in Bali Or a new four by four With an American Express in the glov...
Posted by Ron Schira on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:44:00 PST

her soul: a poem

her soul: a poem    let me take your hand, she said trust me let me touch your eyes hold me enter my soft flesh, she said i will be your soul tremble it's alright, wonder if I'm here to stay...
Posted by Ron Schira on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:09:00 PST

the liar

Some people are outright liars, that's all, they lie about who they are and what they do and unswervingly think that people believe them because they say so.  It has been my experience ...
Posted by Ron Schira on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:16:00 PST

obit

Feb. 27, 2007, at 6pm in Reading Hospital, Eleanor P. Schira (82) died of congestive heart failure.  She was my mother.  My brother and I sat with her and was with her at the moment she stop...
Posted by Ron Schira on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:59:00 PST