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A ZEN STORY by Camden Benares, The Count of Five, Headmaster, Camp Meeker CabalA serious young man found the conflicts of mid 20th Century America confusing. He went to many people seeking a way of resolving within himself the discords that troubled him, but he remained troubled. One night in a coffee house, a self-ordained Zen Master said to him, "go to the dilapidated mansion you will find at this address which I have written down for you. Do not speak to those who live there; you must remain silent until the moon rises tomorrow night. Go to the large room on the right of the main hallway, sit in the lotus position on top of the rubble in the northeast corner, face the corner, and meditate." He did just as the Zen Master instructed. His meditation was frequently interrupted by worries. He worried whether or not the rest of the plumbing fixtures would fall from the second floor bathroom to join the pipes and other trash he was sitting on. He worried how would he know when the moon rose on the next night. He worried about what the people who walked through the room said about him.His worrying and meditation were disturbed when, as if in a test of his faith, ordure fell from the second floor onto him. At that time two people walked into the room. The first asked the second who the man sitting there was. The second replied "Some say he is a holy man. Others say he is a shithead."Hearing this, the man was enlightened.
EVERYBODY'S GOT PERSONAL HEROS. PHOTOGRAPHERS, PORNSTARS, AND NE'ERDOWELLS ARE MINE.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT: A ThoughtDo you really put that much faith into simple glances, or is it just a habit? [faith and simple glances-they are near equals]It's true, that art gets people to pay attention-lures them in so to speak-but in some instances they are often disappointed that the artist is not the Great and Powerful Oz he may boast him/herself into being- i would offer this in response to such an out cry of disappointment: "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"I'm grateful my art allows a connection between us to arise, but doesn't it make sense now, that a connection has been established, that we not continually refer to the initial interest as the only topic of mutual involvement in our progression through this life, our relating to it, and each other? [i don't know, maybe that's contrived. We're still talking about it or still making art in one form or another.]ha! =)I'm also grateful for all the people i've met because of my work-even if we are essentially opposites in our interests-i think an homogenous social base would be unbearably lame. You see, i'm interested in information, but that isn't why i want to know you. i understand that i can't "know" you without your interests, and vice versa; but i also understand it would be ignorant to assume you were nothing more than a collection of interests. Just as it would be folly to assume i was merely the work that i produce. They are only projections of a deeper truth about existence [that truth you will have to investigate on your own], as anyone's work is only an example of who they are, not the total sum.Maybe you'll enjoy the fleeting dreams that i capture and project back to your eyes, and know that you see a glimpse into my soul, or maybe your own. i offer it freely, but do not get caught in your own illusions about me, or yourself for that matter, we all wake up eventually.Everyone you meet is a mirror of yourself. Those qualities they posess that you like or dislike are the same qualities you like or dislike within yourself.Can you separate the art from the artist? Can you separate the dream from the dreamer? Can you separate the love from the beloved?i don't know.

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