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Torrence

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About Me

Welcome all who may enter here...My name is Torrence, I'm an Graphic Artist/Writer/Poet living near Chicago. I take pride in my city, even my state. I support all our sport teams since it takes us forever to get any where. BUT, when we do go to an event (world series, superbowl, etc.) we always do it in style. THAT'S THE CHICAGO WAY! I have been featured in several local publications, I even had a local radio show and I've written several books including some poetry collections. I have some posted here in my blog section. As an illustrator, I have worked for several companies and have done my share of freelance work. I'm an outgoing, creative and open minded person. Besides art, I love music. All types, all kinds. I believe we as humans can connect creatively through mind, body and spirit and that all of us have some degree of creativity within. I am interested in hearing from you, so feel free to email and comment. Thanks!
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My Interests

Movies, Music, Graphic Novels, Poetry, Art and more!

I'd like to meet:

I'll get back to this later....Too many to name

Music:

All types...All Styles....All decades....Everything....You name it, I probably have it, heard it or like it....my top 100 favorite songs that have stood the test of time for me are: 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago / A Day in The Life - The Beatles / Abraham, Martin and John - Dion / Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack and Peace / All I Do - Stevie Wonder / Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - Pink Floyd / Another One Bites the Dust - Queen / Anyway - Over the Rhine / At The Hop - Danny and the Juniors / Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith / Ballroom Blitz - Sweet / Brooklyn Heights - Down to the Bone / Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot / Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra / Creep - Radiohead / Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins / Doctor Who Theme Song - Various / Dress You Up - Madonna / Ebony Eyes - Rick James and Smokey Robinson / Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Nilson / Exodus - Bob Marley and the Wailers / Five Fathoms - Everything But the Girl / Funkytown - Lipps, Inc. / Genuis of Love - Tom Tom Club / Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto / God Only Knows - Beach Boys / Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) - Spiller with Sophie Ellis Bextor / Half A Person - The Smiths / Halo - The Cure / Hey! Love - The Delfonics / Hurt - Johnny Cash / I Am I Said - Neil Diamond / I Love Music - The O'Jays / I Want To Take You Higher - Sly and The Family Stone / I Want You - Marvin Gaye / I'm Not In Love - 10CC / I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles / In This World - Moby / Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby (Remix) - Dinah Washington / Jack The Ripper (Live) - Morrissey / Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah / Life During Wartime - Talking Heads / Making Love - Roberta Flack / Man in a Suitcase - The Police / Miss You - Rolling Stones / Money - The O'Jays / Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Music - Eric Sermon and Marvin Gaye / Narc - Interpol / No Such Thing - John Mayer / Nothing is Better than Love - Luther Vandross and Gregory Hines / One - U2 / One of These Nights - The Eagles / Ooh La La La - Teena Marie / Orange Crush - REM / PYT - Michael Jackson / Rainy Day Woman ..12 and 35 - Bob Dylan / Regret (Fire Island Remix) - New Order / Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John / Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash / Rise - Herb Alpert / Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets / Rubber Ring - The Smiths / Run Like the Wind - Christopher Cross / Running Down A Dream - Tom Petty / Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush / School Day - Chuck Berry / Sing Your Life - Morrissey / Sinnerman - Nina Simone / Slow Jamz - Kanye West, Twista, Jamie Foxx / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters / Song For You - Ray Charles / Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel / Stand Back - Stevie Nicks / Still The Same - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band / Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson / Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard / Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me - Luther Vandross / Sway - Bic Runga / Sweet Surrender - Sarah McLachlan / Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet / Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand / The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel / The Look of Love – Chris Botti and Chantal Kreviazuk / The More You Ignore Me - Morrissey / The Scientist - Coldplay / The Wanderer - Johnny Cash and U2 / The Way I Feel - Remy Shand / They Say-Vision - Res / Through the Wire - Kanye West / Time - Pink Floyd / Tower - Big Head Todd and The Monsters / Uptight (Everything is All Right) - Stevie Wonder / Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - Josh Groban / Walk the Line - Johnny Cash / What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers / When Am I Going To Make A Living - Sade / Woman in Chains - Tears for Fears and Oleta Adams / You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees / You're So Vain - Carly Simon

Movies:

The Untouchables, Superman, Braveheart, Forrest Gump, It's A Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane, Mutiny on the Bounty, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Thomas Crown Affair, Mark of Zorro and many more!

Television:

Cold Case, The Shield, Smallville, Family Guy (Season 1-3), Jamie Kennedy Expirement (Season 1), Dave Chappelle Show, Doctor Who, 24, Twilight Zone (Original Series), Kingpin, X-Files, The Simpsons and many more!

Awesome Layouts at MySpace Layouts !


Books:

"Songs of Innocence and Experience" by William Blake, "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan, "21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" by John C. Maxwell, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, The Bible, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson, Anything by H.G. Wells, C. S. Lewis, Alan Moore, T. S. Eliot and Alfred Lord Tennyson

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Orson Welles, Rod Serling, C. S. Lewis, H. G. Wells, Bruce Lee, Benjamin Franklin, Steven Spielberg, Gordon Parks, Richard Wright, Martin Luther King, Jr., William Blake, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Terry Scott Taylor, Mark Heard and many more!

My Blog

Thank You and Goodnight and Other Things Going On....

I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all who sent me birthday wishes a few weeks back (July 20th)....It was another reminder that friends do care..or at least to send me a "Happy Birthday!" wish....Thank ...
Posted by Torrence on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:34:00 PST

Eternity Invites A Universe - Poem

One of the very first poems I wrote during the early 90's when I took a break from graphic design. Its a metaphoric look at a woman (eternity) and a man (universe) and what happens when they meet and ...
Posted by Torrence on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:36:00 PST

The Rearview Mirror Dimension - Poem

This is another one of my first poems. I was writing it as a way to understand leaving behind things in one's life. When you drive, to get to a location normally, you're moving forward while the road ...
Posted by Torrence on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:59:00 PST

Psychedelic Superangel - Poem with commentary

The following poem was written almost 10 years ago. I was working at a bookstore at the time and we had gotten a display to put up to promote a new CD. The display itself is what caught my eye. It had...
Posted by Torrence on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:51:00 PST

I Am Found In You - Tribute to Amazing Grace - Poem

One of the last publications I worked before the millenium came to close was a collection of poems based on the hymns of the Christian faith. I remember attending several churches growing up in Chicag...
Posted by Torrence on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:21:00 PST

The Winds of Tragedy/The Hope of VicTory (Tribute to The Virgina Tech Tragedy)

The Winds of Tragedy/The Hope of VicToryI hear the wind blowing.I hear it howl.I hear it weep.Like a mother for a hurting child.The sound of shotsRinging throughout the land.Shots fired!Shots fired!So...
Posted by Torrence on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:17:00 PST

Poetry - Sister Soul

Sister Soul An Ode to the African-American Female SingerSister soul, Let me hear you sing. Transpose pain into harmony. Sister soul, Nobody knows What trouble you've seen. From the troubles of the pa...
Posted by Torrence on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:59:00 PST

Poetry - The Weight of Glory (A Tribute To Jackie Robinson)

The Weight of Glory Tribute To Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) Many to play the field, Only one could play it right. Only one could hit it home And prove all the critics wrong. He would stand proud...
Posted by Torrence on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:27:00 PST

Poetry - "Sentimental Value"

SENTIMENTAL VALUE I remember her Of elegance and grace. Why did I not believe? The look in her eyes Would ensnare my mind. The touch of her lips Could encase my fears. Why did I ever leave? Overw...
Posted by Torrence on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:09:00 PST

Poetry - "Insomnia"

INSOMNIA In the middle Of the night, My eyes Both red and dry, Are afraid to close. Afraid to forget you. You lay there Dreaming of a better way. Without me? Maybe. With all we been through? For sur...
Posted by Torrence on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:03:00 PST