I'm a writer and classical & jazz musician who did graphic work many years but considered himself more an 'artisan' than an artist. I studied art for years though & did my grad work in the interrelation of the arts, and whenever I can I like to see what artists are creating. My offerings are elsewhere on the web (link below), but here I am a viewer. As I never thought a viewer should love or download a work without saying thank you, I sign up so I can say thank you, leave comments, etc.

Once, when we were looking at the work of Georgia O'Keeffe, a famous critic stood by and muttered, "she paints mainly flowers!" as if O'Keeffe weren't to be taken seriously. It was a sexist comment, and narrow. I turned to the critic and said, "are you serious???" "Yes," he said, "how can you compare her paintings to the masters?" "Because her flowers," I said, "have the cosmos in them!" In a century where artists found meaning in everything from war to the simplest line, it was amazing a critic could believe that "a mere flower" could have anything less than the world in it.

Sorry I can't offer art of my own. This year I'll post a web-page or two for music & writing; but if anyone wants to hear some samples of my sound-work, I'm on Freesounds ([link]) as "Hammerklavier". I say "snippets" because it's a sound site more than music site, and one can't upload compositions there. But at least anyone who sees my comments here can know that I post too, and appreciate what it takes to post one's offerings in front of the world.

Thanks for letting me visit here. It's a genuine pleasure...