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There's a painter in your closet, holding paintbrush tight;

You'd. better let him out if you like your T-shirts white



There's a writer in your closet and one day you'll see

A novel written on the walls behind the robe and dungarees



There's a singer in your closet so open up the door

Or your guests may wonder what that muffled sound is for.



There's a poet in your closet looking for a rhyme

You'd better let him out; he'll have a better… Continue

Art has always been my first and foremost love. My dedication to artistic endeavors consumes most of my time now and I have no spare moments to share with others.

If my pen, pencil or brush make no connection with paper or canvas, then I am less alive. I teach merely to make ends meet, enduring the pain of viewing the lack of skill, the bumbling, the lack of agility with the craft by those who likely will never capture and tame the muse, let alone sell their work. Oh, there have been those… Continue