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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute; we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race and the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, engineering---these are noble pursuits, but poetry, beauty, romance, love---these are what we stay alive for."
---The Dead Poet's SocietyIf it were my quote, I'd use "art" instead of "poetry."If I've contacted you, it's because you're a writer, artist or in my mind, an interesting person, a worthy organization, book lover or art lover. I rotate my friends regularly.By-the-way, I only wish I lived in the Cook Islands ____________________________________________________________
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"CAPTAIN VIDEO" Oils and acrylics on canvas, 30" x 54"
Here's an example of what I call a "roadside painting." This one was found in San Francisco and is long gone (both the painting and the neon).
'M&M CAFE' Acrylics on canvas, 32" x 24"
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In 2005, my first book was published. "Signs of Art,the paintings of James "Kingneon" Guçwa. Forward by art guru, George Bradford. The book compiles a chronology of my art from '86 to present. Available in hardcover or paperback.
Order through www.kingneonBooks.com
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______________________________________In the early '90s, writing became a passion. I've always wrote short stories, essays and journal writing. Needing a break from round the clock painting, I looked for something new to fill my evening hours. After two years of work, editing and rewrites, my first novel, "The Coming," was born. Although it deals with a messiah, it is not a religious book, nor am I a religious man.
Today, Christians everywhere await the return of the Messiah. But what if . . . .
Sam Sara, might be better suited to flipping pizzas in the Bronx than struggling at his dubious new role as the world's "Deliverer." God's consecration of Sam hardly prepares him for the continual stream of blunders, rejections and mishaps he encounters in his new life. As much as Sam would like to be accepted, his attempts to pass on God's new message either lands him in the trash, his foot in his mouth, or his body in the slammer at every turn.
Miracles are performed, messages delivered and barriers broken, but not before an insurmountable obstacle is overcome.
The Coming is a contemporary mainstream romance with an unconventional spiritual twist. Something a little different in today's world of predictability.
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As a child, I grew up in the young suburbs of Central New Jersey. "Alligator Eyes," was born from that memory. Experience the world from the mind of sixteen-year-old Jimmy Kinney, a kid from Jersey with little chance of seeing his next birthday.
It's winter of '63: Jimmy is in trouble--again. That's nothing new for the boy, considering how often he's slipped from grace while trying to avoid the potholes left by the memory of his lousy old man. But this time, when Jimmy takes a new look at his childhood nemesis, a tomboy named Bonnie Cole, and sees her with different eyes, the trouble becomes impossible to overcome. Jimmy's burgeoning happiness ends the day Bonnie's mob-connected father literally catches him with his pants down and decides to make the young lovers' lives unbearable.
"Alligator Eyes" is a fast paced, mainstream, coming-of-age novel: a story of growing up in leaps, yet wising up in inches. Fans of Salinger and Kerouac will recognize the story's first-person narration and often humorous voice.
"Alligator Eyes," is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, but best purchased throught www.BookLocker.com/book/2618.html A third novel is in progress.
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