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What happened on another hour walk journey in Dayton-ville? If you guessed something artsy & fartsy, you get a prize! Reading this! Hahaha! Held in the auditorium of Dayton Metro Library was librarian, Matt Kish's brilliant talk about one of the best art related titles published this year, "Moby Dick In Pictures: One Drawing For Every Page." Articulately spoken with remarkable insight and humor, Kish gave the visitors a taste of his upbringing (hippy parents? charming!) and his influences (vinyl LP's, illustrated folklore/science fiction paperbacks & JACK KIRBY: COMIC BOOK GOD!!!!). The passion for Herman Melville's classic, "Moby Dick" was evident in the joyful tone of his voice, the manner of presentation, and in the images themselves. Funny considering that it all started from an innocent little tagged note on Facebook in which he had made a list of top five books and completely omitted his precious "Moby Dick"... First of all, I mus...

I finally disclosed details about Library. On my friend's bus, we discussed this venture. Kind and very supportive, he was very passionate in his belief that with friends, prospective business partners, word of mouth, and generated buzz that this may very well succeed. One of a kind and uniquely original, this place could bridge different folks together and be resourceful yet fun to several generations of individuals. Library is one of many ventures in a series of planned objectives for me and I'm quite hesitant about it. The gist of it is still not completely sorted out yet, but for one thing, Library is only the tentative title. Not even sure it should be called that. However, I'm desperate to have its interior designed like a library- featuring stacks of shelves, books sorted by categories, little crook and cranny areas where people can hide and read books. Sort of like I used to when I worked at the library so long ago. Not trying to say that everyone's just like ...

Dear Life's Plan, I promise to finally make a change. Do things one at a time. If there's a day in which I feel like writing, I’ll do that. If I want to be drawing or painting, I’ll do that. Cannot keep putting things off, cannot continue the laziness. I’m so much better than this! From this day forth, I’ll do the following things before the sleep of death falls upon me: · Finalizing a part of The Yellow Trolley Chronicles- preferably 1st novel. · Then laying the other two books to rest. · Focusing on writing other pieces- meaning continuing on short stories, vignettes, poems, letters, journaling, screenplay, and future novels. · Making art again- starting off with drawing, painting, and printmaking. · Coming up with some fantastic mural ideas for Thurgood Marshall (formerly Colonel White High School for the Performing Arts) and visiting Belmont more often to feel further inspired by watching these young creative high schoolers at work! · Outlining Library- the late night eclec...