WELL I AM GLAD THAT I FINALLY FOUND A PLACE TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND WORK WITH ALL MY FELLOW ARTISTS ALIKE. THIS IS PRETTY COOL. SEEING ALL THIS WORK POSTED DRIVES ME TO FURTHER DETERMINATION. THIS IS GREAT. MOST OF MY WORK RELATES TO THE EVERYDAY STRUGGLES AND INNER DEMONS THAT WE HAVE TO FACE, WHETHER IT BE ADDICTION, OR WHAT NOT. I VENT MY EMOTIONS BY LETTING THE INK BLEED THROUGH THE PAPER. TRUE, MY WORK MIGHT BE A LITTLE DARK OR DISTURBING TO OTHERS. BUT THAT'S JUST TOO DAMN BAD!! WE ARE OUR OWN INDIVIDUALS. NOT ONE OF US ARE THE SAME. I PREFER TO EXPERIENCE LIFE THROUGH OTHERS PERCEPTIONS COMPARED TO MINE. IT OFFERS A RELEASE OF COMPETITION IN A WAY. I LIKE TO TEST THE BOUNDARIES, PUSH BUTTONS. THROUGH MY EYES, THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO FLAWS NOR FAULTS WITH ART. LIFE WITHIN ITSELF IS AN ART FORM. EVERYTHING AROUND US. AS ARTISTS, WE CREATE OUR OWN WORLDS FROM OUR OWN EXPERIENCES, DO WE NOT?? I FIND THAT BOTH MUSIC AND ART ARE BOTH A WAYS AND MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. MOST OF THE ARTISTS THAT I KNOW ARE SHY OR RECLUSE. THIS IS A FREE WAY OF EXPRESSING OURSELVES TOWARDS OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THIS HELL OF A WORLD THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE IN. LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT. THERE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS NOR LIMITATIONS FOR THE HUMAN CONSUMPTION. AS A MASS AND A WHOLE WE SHOULD NEVER RESTRICT OR LIMIT OURSELVES NO MATTER HOW NEGATIVE OUR SURROUNDINGS MAY BE. LIVE FREE, BE FREE, CREATE, PRODUCE, LIVE LIFE TO ITS' MAXIMUM FULLEST. BUT BE CAREFUL OF THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE, THAT WHICH FOOLS, LIES, AND MANIPULATES US TO SELF DESTRUCT. BE PROSPEROUS AND SHARE. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING CAN IN FACT, BE A BAD THING. BE YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL. WHO CARES WHAT OTHERS THINK. DO YOU LIVE FOR THEM, OR YOURSELF? DON'T BE AFRAID TO TEST OTHERS OR YOURSELF. LIVE HAPPY.  TAKE CARE EVERYONE. THANX...........        FRED