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Alton

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About Me

I'm an eclectic soul and a self taught artist. I enjoy working in acrylics and mixed media. I'm a native Georgian, believe in the term "soulmates", think that true friendship is rare and dark chocolate could be a food group all to itself.

I am always up for making new friends and networking with other creatives. Just shoot me an e-mail and I'll reply.

"All good things come by grace and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy."

"Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed." - Joseph Addison

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Purple paradise

My Interests

Painting, Skin Art (tattoos), hiking, movies, music and traveling.


I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet Olivia Arias Harrison, Lewis Black, Morgan Freeman, Robin Williams and Pat Conroy. I would have liked to have met.. Jackson Pollock, George Harrison, George Carlin and "The Great One" ... Jackie Gleason.

Music:


Movies:

"Good Will Hunting", "The Family Stone", "The Usual Suspects", "K-PAX", "Out of Africa", "Hildago", "The Shawshank Redemption", "A River Runs Through It" and "Planet Earth". I also like classics such as "Coolhand Luke" and "Lawrence of Arabia".

Television:

HOUSE, Saving Grace, Deadliest Catch, MONK,
Dirtiest Jobs and CNN Headline News.

Books:

Anything written by Pat Conroy.

Heroes:

My grandfather (he was a man for all ages) and
my father, who despite having been diagnosed with
cancer, maintains his faith and touches the lives
of others.

"Either we do not know what part of ourselves to give, or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. So it is those who we live with and love and should know that elude us. But we can still reach out to them, we can love completely without complete understanding."

My Blog

A Lighthouse

There has never been a time in my life when I was ashamed of my father, but having said that, I cannot remember a time when I was more proud of him than I am today.  Stage 4 inoperable cancer is ...
Posted by Alton on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:57:00 PST

The Starfish Story

Reposted fron Eric Walton’s blog. The Starfish Storyadapted from The Star Throwerby Loren Eiseley (1907 - 1977) Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writi...
Posted by Alton on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:54:00 PST

Snowflakes

Some of us are doctors, some of us are lawyers and yes, some of us have less glamorous jobs such as ditch digger, mechanic or salesperson.  In the judgmental world which we live within, matters s...
Posted by Alton on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:56:00 PST

Crayons

I love crayons and believe they have depth; much more so than some might realize.  In some ways, I think people are like crayons. We all share commonality, yet we are all different. Some of...
Posted by Alton on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:48:00 PST

Papa's Hands

He only stood at 5'7", but he was just as much of a towering figure as any man I have ever known.  During the Great Drepression he dropped out of the seventh grade and found work in order to help...
Posted by Alton on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:29:00 PST

Your Raising

They say that you do not appreciate your raising until you raise your own.  As a father I can vouch for this, as I am sure most of us can. When my son was younger... a favorite pass time of ...
Posted by Alton on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:39:00 PST