scott

Hello - thanks for taking the time to read this. Here's a little bit about me.
My "creed" if you will, is to love everything. I try and see the oneness of all things. The Universe is my country, and love is my religion. I include myself in this, my body and mind, so I try to take care of myself.
I'm an introspective, deep thinking person with a desire to above all, enjoy life. My enjoyment comes from understanding what love is (love in the broad "creative source of all" sense - the universal creative force, if you will), and exploring what is possible once this knowledge is obtained.
I'm an artist who tends to look at life in a philosophical way. I feel a deep need to explore and through my explorations somehow help the world as well as myself. I am happy, confident and curious. I love life, I have a deep respect for people with compassion, people who know how important it is to give. People who see themselves as more than just their body - they see themselves intimately connected and a part of everything.
I've done a number of varied things in my life. Out of college I was in sales in the "corporate world" for 12 years and gradually found it to be too "restrictive", I kind of grew out of it, you might say. Since then I have pursued a life of creating. I did stand-up comedy for a year (late 80's). I had a comic strip nationally syndicated. The best part of that was the writing of the material - thinking of humor. Not a bad way to go through life, I still do laugh quite a bit.
I did nothing but paint for a couple of years, quite a interesting experience. I still do but now in conjunction with a lot of other activities. Art will always be a part of me. I get more out of doing it than selling it, I do it for that reason.
I've been self employed since 1994 and love the freedom it provides. The freedom to choose my path and to go as high as I want to go. I don't think I could ever go back to being an employee again.
Here's a favorite quote of mine:
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt
And here is one of my own:
Who am I?
I am but a reflection of yourself. If you see beauty, then you are beautiful. If you see love then you are loving. If you see spirit then you are spirit. I am but a mirror of what you have made of yourself. I am also an opportunity to re-make yourself if you don't like what you see. If this is the case, change yourself and watch the world "change" with you.