Art and Religion as "Story"

For many years I have been fascinated by the existence of the phenomena of both oral history and folk tale traditions in many unique cultures around the world and have wondered why my exposure to them made me feel in touch with something profoundly significant to human existence.  The following is my attempt to bring together some thoughts and feelings I have about the existence of these stories and the connections I believe them to have with all other forms of non-procreative human expression.

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A short article A Note about Meaning In My Paintings can be found on the Biography page
 

A short article A First Frozen Watercolor can be found on the Frozen Watercolors page
 


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