Garth! The Artist of PARADOX!

for Lo!...it's Halloween tonight!

Casey Klahn, my old friend from high school, is a noted artist in the Spokane area. He's called the 'The Colorist'. This painting (titled 'small') inspired the poem below. Click the pic to go to his web blog and see some real art.

Mighty limbs groan out to Heaven, keening winds outstretch her arms. The tree of life and all her bairn, display their autumn charms. Golden leaves waft where they will and whisper, sigh and sway. Breezes thrill nature's escadrille and soon they'll fly away. Mountains frosty, old and cragged, lean hard against the sky. Hewn by storms 'til rough and jagged, as lazy clouds pass by. Winter's chill comes nearer still to feast on summer's largesse. Ice and snow start their descent towards valleys shorn of harvest. Shadows stretch upon the land and clouds turn purplish-gray. The sun has nestled comfortably and cradled away the day. Windborn waves upon the grasses, Roiling as the season passes, waving proudly in their masses, beckon now to lads and lasses. Time grows short and shorter still. You've little time for come what will. Make haste the season's passing fast, Let autumn's magic spell be cast!

You might recall the stirring flight of the men of Apollo Eleven. In bravery had flown these three, Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin. A president had made a vow of landing on the moon. Too soon he passed, but the dream held fast, and America called the tune. So upon the lunar surface stands a starry flag of brethren. Neil Armstrong made a single step... and a giant leap into legend. The stars have beckoned once again... and faithful Neil has answered. Where has the Eagle flown for us? Tranquility base...in Heaven.

GARTH'S VOTING GUIDELINES - How to effect REAL CHANGE in America. If you're like me, then you're sick of the same old 'two-party' system, the lousy candidate choices, the 'good old boy' network, corporate influence & the military-industrial establishment as a whole disguised as 'business-as-usual'. If you really want a change for the better, here's what you do: DO NOT VOTE FOR: 1. CAREER POLITICIANS. Anyone who has held a political office previously cannot be held above suspicion. 2. BILLIONAIRES, MILLIONAIRES OR INFLUENTIAL POWER BROKERS. Anyone whose proven wealth or status gives them an unfair advantage over others in an election should not run for any political office. Remember that anyone who has profited off the system ‘as is’ bears an allegiance to that system. 3. CEO’S. Anyone who has benefitted from corporate America bears an allegiance to it. 4. EX-MILITARY ABOVE THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL. Basically anyone with ties to the military-industrial establishment cannot be held above suspicion. This includes CIA, FBI, NSA, etc. 5. CELEBRITIES OR ‘MEDIA FIGURES’. Anyone whose ongoing popularity through film, television, radio, published works, etc, gives them an unfair advantage over an opposing candidate. 6. RELIGIOUS LEADERS. The ‘separation of church and state’ dictates this logic and includes atheist leaders & pagans as well. No televangelists, currently ordained ministers, etc. Former ministers can be held exempt on a case-by-case basis. 7. CRIMINALS, CULT LEADERS, THE MENTALLY ILL OR THOSE OF LOW IQ. For obvious reasons, those listed above need not throw their hat into the ring. 8. COMICAL CANDIDATES. Cartoon characters, non-humans, those deceased, fictional or historical characters, aliens, supernatural entities, etc. Elections should be dignified right? 9. ANYONE WITH QUESTIONABLE CITIZENSHIP. For obvious reasons. 10. LAWYERS. A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor and a worse politician. Abraham Lincoln is an exception to the rule but he’s not likely to run again. Elected judicial positions would of course be exempt from this. 11. MEMBERS OF SECRET SOCIETIES OR FRATERNAL ORDERS. Those who owe allegiances to secretive organizations like ‘Skull & Bones’, Freemasonry, OTO, Ku Klux Klan, Al Quaida, Priory of Scion, The Illuminati, etc. Such questionable fraternal or religious orders, whether real or imagined, do not have the well-being of all Americans as a primary concern. DO VOTE FOR: 1. SCHOLARS. Teachers, professors, scientists, researchers, etc. 2. PUBLIC SERVANTS. Policemen, Firemen, volunteers, dogcatchers, etc. 3. PRIVATE CITIZENS. Anyone with a real job or retired from one. REMEMBER: ‘Change comes from outside the system; never from within.’- W. Edwards Deming. 1. If the same crooked game keeps paying off, the game will never change. 2. If the candidates offered on your ballot do not meet the above guidelines for change, then simply don’t vote. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN A FARCICAL ELECTION. 3. Share these guidelines until the media acknowledges their existence.

If you find yourself in the middle of a crap tornado, is it wise to open your mouth?

If the government and the media and the corporations are drunk with power, who's the designated driver?

Q: If someone personally has a close encounter with a UFO or an alien or a cryptozoological beastie like Bigfoot or Nessie...can the government or science or the media ever truly convince them that what they saw with their own two eyes was never really there?...or maybe just 'swamp gas'?

Q: If 'ANARCHY' is a valid ideology, is 'ATHEISM' a valid religion?

If life gives you lemons, squeeze the juice into a squirt gun and let the lemon-pushers have it...right between the eyes.

If everyone around you is cheering you on, make sure they're not yelling "JUMP!".

A new animation of a past art piece called 'VISITORS'.

Garth's 'Spirit of the 8-Track' Animated Logo.

PUT ON THE GLASSES!

It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. — Woody Allen