JMarFtAtkinson

Life, as complex, challenging, and sometimes hard and seemingly insurmountable as it is, happens...  As such life has happened to me...  I literally happened upon a job in the architectural field, I never attended school for it, I was just lucky enough to have an aptitude for it and get a job based on that aptitude...  Since then I have left that job, and although it was something I was fairly good at (based on my own beliefs and those of my employer, whom I will always thank for that...) and something that easily paid my bills, I moved back into the service industry that I had always kept as my "fall back" job...  Working as a cook, and the

No, I don't mean the Great Will Smith movie, "The Pursuit of Happyness"...  Although that is a really good example of what I'm going to talk about... Sorry, I need to compose myself...  I can't stop smiling from ear to ear... Ok, somber for about another 2 minutes, so lets begin...  :) We all pursue happiness, and beyond that love!  Ah love that most powerful of all emotions.  Now technically, and scientifically love along with the rest of the emotions is just a release of chemicals into the brain...  Wow, if you put it that way it sounds pretty boring!!!!  Like any other chemical in the brain it is one that can be addictive...  And like m

DISCLAIMER! This subject is one that can become very heated, creating many arguments.  It is not my intent to start any arguments, but I am more than willing to have a civilized conversation on the matter.  I would be happy to hear your opinions on this subject.  Oh yeah, and it's a lot of text to read too...  Sorry....  DISCLAIMER! Right now I'm listening to some classic Motown.  I think we could easily all agree that music in it's core, is art.  But what about other things?  What is art?  What isn't art?  Is there actually an answer to any of these questions. In this two part entry, I will talk about my own personal definitions of art (Pa