I want to make things that are fun to look at, that have no propaganda value whatsoever. Alexander Calder Art can become a strong ally of revolution only in so far as it remains faithful to itself. Leon Trotsky My drawings have been described as pre-intentionalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had occurred to me. I shall not argue the point. James Thurber Music is essentially useless, as life is. George Santayana Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Percy Bysshe Shelley The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not an acquisition - and therefore, more permanently enduring. Joseph Conrad Poetry can communicate before it is understood. T.S. Eliot My paintings have no reducible meaning: they are a meaning. Magritte What dance achieves, what play and sex achieve are the same thing that poetry achieves. They transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Jamake Highwater
	The image: Originally a black and white, pen on paper drawing > I scanned the image and then manipulated it in Photoshop to create the image above. Both the original drawing and this digital version are available for purchase. click image to see a larger size and information