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Being outdoors (not jock). Im an outdoors person in the old skool sense. Hiking, real camping, fishing (some) Hunting, working on my 4x4 truck and building models
About Me (a bit)
Like anyone, I believe I am a fairly decent person. I have been told I can be a total ass, but I like to think that is generally in response to other peoples actions. Live and let Live, but you get what you give as well. I really don't have time for rude obnoxious little wanna be's or poseur pimp cut out cardboard fantasy people. People who think being rude makes them cool, aren't worth licking any bodies boots. I try to do unto other's common courtesy goes a long way as does simple kindness.
Music
I have a wide range of interests in music. Hard rock, punk, metal, classical, folk (Celtic and Native American). Even a bit of rap and such. I make feeble attempts once in awhile to pick up my bass, but life doesnt seem to leave me a lot of room for tha right now.
Reading / Books
If its in print, I'll read it. Unless its utterly boring or stupid that is. Like music, here too I have a wide range of interests and have read many authors of numerous genre's
Movies
Lethal Weapon series, Braveheart, Waterworld, The Patriot, The Postman, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dances with Wolves, Legends of the Fall, The Thomas Croan Affair, and many others . . .
In Search of - ?
Meaningful friendships and eventually meaningful romance. People who accept me, rather than try and control or change me. Something my spirit, my self and being resist is those who cannot trust, take and accept me exactly as I am. Friendship are things that must be freely given in trust, and without barriers. The inability to trust is what destroys relationships.
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Name
Banfiadh
Location
Fountain, CO
Birthday
1966-07-20
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8/9/2008 at 3:35 PM
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Pending, Single/Seperated (7+ years) because i can;t afford the divorce (seriously). Not really interested in romance's right now and no more "online romances". People are never quite what they tell you to hope for, while your often not what they perceived as well.
Creed and Codex
"Take what ye can, an give nothing back" Life is full of people who wait for life to hand them something. You can choose to pursue and attack life, or wait in the shadows for life to attack you.
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5/5/2008 at 10:41 PM
I sit here wondering which course or road to take. I am deeply an Artist, a writer and poet. One sits and wonders though, the value of ones input, their contribution to the world and hopes and fears the changes that could or would or might be wrought upon submissions of literary fabrication.
Language flows fluid, encapsulated by attempts to define the degree of transparency or opacity to any given writers words. The readers, limited to their ability to comprehend as well as their understanding of contextual meaning and their ability to step into the Author's shoes. The ability of the reader or viewer to understand, to walk within the words, or forms and hues of Art, whether expressed upon paper or rendered with brush or sharp edged tools lies inherently upon they themselves and upon their ability and willingness to perceive and understand the work. Limited by comprehension and insight, or by education which creates a bridge to further understanding, each of us is challenged by one constant throughout life. How far can you perceive, how far are you willing to challenge the boundaries within which we are raised or trapped in self exclusion?
For years I've personally grappled with self conceptualizations. Hating and defying boundaries of society, trying to fit within the flow of things only to find time and time again that I detest where I am at. But finally a few short years ago through life experience and situations I came to see, and to know of myself as an Artist, a writer, a crafter of ideas and concepts through primarily classical media. I’ve tried to spend my life challenging, though often running from the task, and of breaking through those boundaries that I myself have been raised in, or have imposed upon myself. Looking inwards to see out-ward, and out-ward to see in. How do I appear to my self, and to others from either perspective?
The question turns through the mind, teases and tantalizes thoughts though, "Am I any good?" or "Can people read my message?". Messages scrawled on paper, typed upon computers, rendered in dimensional form or with various pigments. Can I the purveyor of concepts, present my self, my views effectively? Can I translate for others, through my own means and abilities ideas and concepts in such a way as to touch the world, even one person at a time? Can I leave laying, somewhere a mark, a crossroads or bridge of sorts a pathway between two points for the viewer or the reader?
I have grappled self, fought with indolence, laziness and simple fears regarding my abilities. I come again and again to the one point of reference though, that it is not so much what the creator instills in any given work, but what you, the viewer can carry away with you upon the viewing or reading. So in short, I set forth upon a hesitant journey, full of human foibles, fears and hopes. A journey to present here, writing, ideas and thoughts, forms of whimsy and poetic indulgence for those who wish to view and consider.
Scott Holman - "Banfiadh"
Submitted to Helium on 5/5/2008
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5/8/2008 at 8:54 AM
. . . and thanks to all who've extended welcome thus far. Been busy sorting this site out and looking for a 'real job' . I'm still figuring out the tools on this place but should be adding more Art sample, writing, poetry and hopefully some of my own thoughts on artists that trip my trigger.
I think to me what keeps art alive is people, not trends or lables or genres of schools of thought regarding art. If we all succumbed to such standards we would all be painting blank canvasses for "Art's Sake". While I think art can and should exist for itself, there should also be a translation point, a place for the rest of the world to identify and see, too feel and step into the realm of understnading art without purchasing a degree just to understand the modes and meansings of the color blue.
Personally m, I don't know, tendencies in formal arts (painting, scultping, drawing) seem to register from the representational to the abstract, I find that I enjoy attempting to find a bridge, or treansition point between the representational and real, and the abstract and non-rational. Maybe one day the world will tell me if I've been successful.
I think to me what keeps art alive is people, not trends or lables or genres of schools of thought regarding art. If we all succumbed to such standards we would all be painting blank canvasses for "Art's Sake". While I think art can and should exist for itself, there should also be a translation point, a place for the rest of the world to identify and see, too feel and step into the realm of understnading art without purchasing a degree just to understand the modes and meansings of the color blue.
Personally m, I don't know, tendencies in formal arts (painting, scultping, drawing) seem to register from the representational to the abstract, I find that I enjoy attempting to find a bridge, or treansition point between the representational and real, and the abstract and non-rational. Maybe one day the world will tell me if I've been successful.
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NING - White Stag Productions, ltd
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FUBAR site (yawn)
gotta find the link for it yet, its kinda boring for a social netowkr
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Welcome to HV!!
Welcome to world of ART!!
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