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Mykol

707 SAMURAI--A SWORD IN ONE HAND, A PAINT BRUSH IN THE OTHER, BOTH STAND FOR TRUTH!!

About Me

I'M AN ARTIST LIVING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,,HUMBOLDT COUNTY;BEEN HERE 15 YEARS & LOVE IT! IT'S AN EXTREMELY INSPIRATIONAL SPOT,ON THIS BLUE WATERY BALL WE CALL HOME! THERE ARE REDWOOD TREES HERE THAT WERE STANDING B4 JESUS TREAD THE EARTH!THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD ARE THESE TREES,BEING AMONG THEM IS A MAGICAL THING! THE OCEAN RAGES AGAINST THE COAST LIKE THE TWO WERE MORTAL ENEMIES IN WINTER,AND IN THE SUMMER THE TWO ARE LIKE ACIENT LOVERS!THE LOST COAST IS A TREASURE,MILES OF COAST LINE WITH NO VISIBLE CIVILIZATION! I'M THE SINGLE FATHER OF 2 EXTREMELEY COOL BOYS, TRISTAN 16 & SKYLER 13;I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING THEM UP IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY! I'M A PAINTER [TOTEM SOULS] A SCULPTOR [RIVERWOOD SPIRITS]MY T-SHIRT DEZIGNS [HUMBOLDT NATION] MY CHILDREN'S STORIES[TRISTAN & THE TINBIRD, & LITTLE BOY BLUE, I'LL EVENTUALLY GET IN HERE] I'M AN ILLUSTRATOR & DEZIGNER AND CURRENTLY VERY MUCH GETTING INTO DIGITAL ART! MY POLITICAL CARTOONZ I'VE DUBBED [COMMON SENSE CARTOONS] & YOU'LL EXCUSE ME!!!! BUT I HAD TO DO THEM;CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I'VE GOT TO FACE 2 SONS THAT I'M PASSING THIS WORLD,[SUCH AS IT IS!] ON TO , & I HAD TO BE ABLE TO SAY I'M TRYING! SO I FIGURE;IF I PUT COMMON SENSE CARTOONS OUT TO THE WORLD, THEN I'M DOING MY PART!HEY I'M NOT THROWING TEA IN THE HARBOR OR ANYTHING! I'M JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT A FEW [OBVIOUS TO ME] TRUTHS!
..CHECK OUT ALL MY ART BELOW
Get Your Own! | Get Your Own! | View Slideshow "HUMBOLDT NATION" T-SHIRT DEZIGNZ; 3 OF 6 SHOWN! AVAILABLE FOR SALE WHEN I GET MY WEBSITE UP IN SEVERAL MONTHS, AROUND THE TIME OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF MY STUDIO/GALLERY!!INIFINATE THANX TO MATI; FOR BEING THE PERFECT MODEL/MUSE!!! Get Your Own! | View Slideshow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYUkA2vEAo&eurl=http://w ww.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYUkA2vEAo&eurl=

My Interests

THE ART,MUSIC,CULTURE,& ARCHITECTURE,OF CIVILIZATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD; THROUGHOUT TIME!!!!!!ANCIENT RUINS,MACHU PICHU,ANKUR,EASTER ISLAND,THE PLAINS OF NASCAR,THE PYRAMIDS ALL OVER THE WORLD; IT FASCINATES ME TO THE CORE;BECAUSE BEING ONE WITH THE WORLD YOUR IN, INCLUDES IT'S HISTORY!BEING AN ARTIST I'M AMAZED AT THE AMMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT'S GONE ON FOR MILENIA IN THE MINDS EYE OF THE ARTIST,AND SEEING IT'S PROOF OF EXISTISTANCE SCATTERED ALONG THE TRAIL OF TIME! IMAGINE IF YOU COULD DOWNLOAD EVERY PIECE OF ART, & ARCHITECTURE,PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, MURALS,ALL IN A MATTER OF HOURS,[KIND OF LIKE MILLA JOVOVICH, IN 'THE FIFTH ELEMENT' WHEN SHE SPEED READS THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!]WOULDN'T THAT MAKE YOU PROUD TO BE A HUMAN! I THINK WE NEED TO BE PROUD TO BE HUMANS, IN A NEO- RENASCIANCE MOVEMENT THAT BRINGS BACK A RESPECT FOR LIFE AND THE PLANET! I'M VERY MUCH INTO ANYTHING JAPANESE;I THINK WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA,RUNNING A CLOSE 2ND, JAPAN'S ART & MUSIC,& CULTURE,[THEIR WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD THEY'RE IN,& LIVING IN IT, IS SOMEHOW KINDRED !I'M TRYING TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE SO THAT I MAY GO THERE SOMEDAY! I'M WORKING ON OPENING A STUDIO/GALLERY HERE AS WELL AS DEVELOPING A KILLER WEBSITE ON WHICH I COULD PEDDLE MY WORK,I THOUHGT IT WOULD BE VERY COOL TO MAKE A FEW GALLERY CONNECTIONS IN JAPAN,AS SORT OF A SISTER GALLERY,[WHERE I COULD SHOW JAPANESE ARTISTS & THEY COULD SHOW MY WORK] IT WOULD GIVE ME EVEN MORE OF A REASON TO HAVE TO GO TO JAPAN!!ANYBODY HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT GIVE ME A SHOUT OUT! IT'S SUMMER TIME SO THE SILKSCREEN SHOP I WORK AT IS BUSY/INSANE, WE PRINT ALL THE SHIRTS FOR 'REGGAE ON THE RIVER' [SEE www.mateel.org while you're there check out the t-shirt/poster dezign I did for the Summer Arts Festival] YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YA HOW MANY T-SHIRTS FOR THAT WE PULL OFF;ALL IN A SHOP THAT'S STRAIGHT OUTA "THAT 70'S SHOW" ON TWO, EIGHT COLOR OLD SCHOOL SILKSCREEN PRESSES! I LUV MUSIC AS MUCH,& AS DEEP AS I DO ART, ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WILL! I LOVE THE GREAT OUTDOORS! ESPECIALLY HERE IN HUMBOLDT. AS TIME GOES ON I'LL DO A SLIDESHOW OR WHATEVER, OF IMAGES OF HUMBOLDT! I'LL BESIDES ALL MY ART WORK, BE SHOWING PICS OF MY 2 SONS & I,SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjsuoMrcEM&eurl=

I'd like to meet:

I met her!! Her name is Brenda!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYUkA2vEAo&eurl=ANYONE WITH A LOVE OF LIFE,A RESPECT FOR THE EARTH,SOME RYTHYM IN THEIR SOUL,A VISION IN THEIR MIND,A HEART THAT BEATS WITH THE RYTHYMS OF THE EARTH,AND A TONGUE THAT SPEAKS FOR TRUTH FOR ALL;THEN I GUESS ONE COULD SAY WE'RE LIKE MINDED, IN WHICH CA.. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- For SE GIVE ME A SHOUT! ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtHLyN22JQ4&eurl=

Music:

I'M A CHILD OF THE 60'S SO THAT ERA WILL ALWAYS BE MAGICAL FOR ME,BUT I NEVER GOT CAUGHT IN ON GENRE;AS TIME WENT ON & THE MUSIC EVOVLED,SO DID I! IWAS A DEADHEAD FOR DECADES,TRAVELING ALL OVER THE STATES, SELLING T-SHIRTS & PRINTS TO PAY MY WAY!WHILE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY I'D CHECK OUT OTHER VENUES,SO THAT I COULD COME AWAY FROM A TOUR HAVING SEEN FOR EXAMPLE,BESIDES NIGHT AFTER NIGHT OF THE DEAD, & WHOEVER OPENED FOR THEM & PLAYED WITH THEM USUALLY AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED,LIKE,THE NEVILLE BROTHERS,SANTANA,THE BAND,BABA OLA TUNJI,BOB DYLAN; OTHER BANDS OF THE DAYZE WERE PLAYING IN THE SAME TOWNZ, SO THAT BY THE END OF A SUMMER YOU'D SEEN A TON OF MUSIC,MADE SOME COIN,LOT' OF STORIES TO TELL, AND BANDS TO ADD TO LIST OF EIGHT/TRACKS,ALBUMS CASSETTES,CD,YOU HAD TO GET!SO IF I HAVE TO LIST OFF MUSIC GENRES, I'D SAY RAP,HIP-HOP,REGGAE,ROCK PUNK,TECHNO,THE BLUES,I'LL THROW SOME NAMES AT YOU AS THEY COME TO MIND,STARTING WITH, KING HAPPY,THIEVERY CORPORATION!!![THEY RULE!] THE GORILLAZ,PARIS,BLACK EYED PEAS,APHRODESIA,LYRICS BORN,QUINTO SOL,POT LUCK, ELISION,LED ZEPLIN,PINK FLOYD,GRATEFUL DEAD,ERIC CLAPTON,LES CLAYPOOL & THE FABULOUS FLYING FROG BRIGADE,STYMIE & THE PIMP JONES LUV ORCHESTRA,DEZARIE,BOB MARLEY,PETER TOSH,THIRD WORLD,SEAN PAUL,GOD SPEED YOU BLACK EMPORER,BB KING, NINA SIMONE!!,BILLY HOLIDAY,SADE,TRACY CHAPMIN,JONI MITCHELL,ALANIS MORRISETTE,WU TANG CLAN,STACY FALCIS,ELISE & A JOHHNY WALKER,KULICA,EM&EM,WILLIE NELSON,STEVIE WONDER, KATE WOLF,TINA MALIA,YES, LEFTOVER SALMON,MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD,RAY CHARLES,THE DOORS,THE WHO,DAVID LINDLEY,HOT TUNA,ROBERT HUNTER, JERRY GARCIA,VAN MORRISON,ROD & THE IDEALS,RAVI SHANKAR, EARTH WIND & FIRE,TALKING HEADS,TRISTAN BLACKWELL/TREEDOGG [see www.myspace.com-treedogg],ETC.,ETC.,ETC.,

Movies:

7 SAMURAI,ZATOICHI,SONATINE,GHOST DOG,LEON THE PROFESSIONAL,POINT OF NO RETURN, LA FEMME NIKITA,FEMME FETALE,RESEVOIR DOGS,JACKIE BROWN, PULP FICTION,KILL BILL 1&2,TRUE ROMANCE, SIN CITY,ON THE BEACH,THE BEACH,GANGS OF NEW YORK, LAST OF THE MOHICANS,LAST OF THE SAMURAI,VANILLA SKY,ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND,BARAKA,KOYANOSKATZI,THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, OMEGA MAN, PLANET IF THE APES, FARENHEIT 911,REEFER MADNESS,METROPOLIS,CODE 46,HAROLD & MAUDE,AMERICAN BEAUTY,FIFTH ELEMENT,QUEST FOR FIRE,SCARFACE,SERPICO,SIMONE,ETC. ETC., ETC.,

Television:

OLD SCHOOL--TWILIGHT ZONE,OUTER LIMITS,TIME TUNNEL,THUNDERBIRDS,[WHICH IS WHAT TEAM AMERICA IS A SPOOF OF] MONTY PYTHON,JOSEPH CAMPELL INTERVIEWS WITH BILL MOYERS "THE POWER OF MYTH" DON'T REALLY WASTE TIME WATCHING TV!EXCEPT FOR MY OWN VAST COLLECTION OF DVD'S ON NIGHTS, WHEN I'M NOT PAINTIN'!

Books:

HAGAKURE,DUDE!WHERE'S MY COUNTRY?,CHOP WOOD CARRY WATER,THE ARTIST'S WAY,ILLUSIONS,THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY,ON THE ROAD,THE KARMA SUTRA,ISHMEAL,DANTE'S INFERNO,.

Heroes:

AMY GOODMAN, JAUN GONZALES, MICHAEL MOORE, ARENDATI ROY, HELEN CALDECOTT,REV. DESMUND TUTU,MARTIN LUTHER KING,JULIA BUTTERFLY,NEIL YOUNG,JOHN LENNON,BOB MARLEY,TRISTAN & SKYLER!

My Blog

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ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!!!! THAT'S 2 DOWN 5 TO GO , OF MY WANTED POSTERZ! NOT THAT HE'Z BEIN' BROUGHT TO JUSTICE! BUT AT LEAST, HE'Z NOT MAKIN' ANY DEATH DEALZ ANY TIME SOON!! NOW HE CAN RETIRE TO...
Posted by Mykol on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:59:00 PST

I BELIEVE IN A BETTER WAY!

IF I MAY; I'D LIKE TO ADD SOME VERSES TO A FEW OF MY FAVORITE SONGZ, BY A FEW OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS; BEN HARPER,KING HAPPY, JOHN LENNON; THE SONGS, I BELIEVE IN A BETTER WAY, IN MY COUNTRY, & IMA...
Posted by Mykol on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 02:18:00 PST

THERE IS A FACE, BENEATH THIS MASK!

THERE IS A FACE BENEATH THIS MASK,     BUT IT'S NOT ME! I AM NO MORE THAT FACE, THAN I AM THE MUSCLES    BENEATH IT!  OR THE BONES BENEATH THEM! REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE 5T...
Posted by Mykol on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:00:00 PST

"YOU CAN BOMB THE WORLD TO PIECES, BUT YOU CAN'T BOMB IT INTO PEACE!"

DID EVERYONE HEAR DEMOCRACY NOW YESTERDAY!!??  CONGRESSMAN DENNIS KASINITCH [HOPE I SPELLED IT RIGHT!]  WAS BEING INTERVIEWED BY [OUR HERO] AMY GOODMAN; ABOUT A MEASURE HE'S PUTTING B4 CONGR...
Posted by Mykol on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:09:00 PST

WHAT'S UP WID DIS WORLD!?

YOU'VE GOT YOUR DARKNESS,      YOU'VE GOT THE LIGHT! YOU'VE GOT YOUR BLIND,       AND THOSE WITH SIGHT! YOU'VE GOT THE YOUNG,      ...
Posted by Mykol on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:13:00 PST

PEACE DRAGON!

    The Dragon Soars, the Dragon Flies,        The Sunlight Brightly Sprays!      The Rider can only wonder why!?    &nb...
Posted by Mykol on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:45:00 PST

QUOTE OF THE DAY

»From the "Quote of the Day" section at the bottom of the front page of the WASHINGTON GLOBE; [WHICH APPEARS AFTER THE FINAL MISSION, IN THE NEW HITMAN GAME;BLOOD MONEY ]    "The intuit...
Posted by Mykol on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:53:00 PST

THOMAS PAINE QUOTE,from "COMMON SENSE, RIGHTS OF MAN"

"WHY MAY WE NOT SUPPOSE THAT THE FATHER OF ALL IS PLEASED WITH A VARIETY OF DEVOTION?  AND THAT THE GREATEST OFFENSE WE CAN ACT IS THAT BY WHICH WE SEEK TO TORMENT AND RENDER EACH OTHER MISERABLE...
Posted by Mykol on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:09:00 PST

Quote of Rev. Desmond Tutu

From a time, right b/4 the start of the WAR.The Rev. said I believe at the U.N.!   " When millions and millions of people all over the world, are marching,in protest, against the W...
Posted by Mykol on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:55:00 PST