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Guest Blog

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The impact art has on my life is tremendous. Honestly, if it weren’t for being
able to express myself artistically. I would more than likely not be alive. In 2010, I
suffered two near death experiences, which by all means I do not recommend to
anyone. It was during my recovery that writing and drawing came roaring back into my
life, like some fire that had been dormant but had always still flickered.
I had not written in over 8 years at the time, but I was quite literally going mad,
lying in a hospital bed after a horrendous car wreck. I was just divorced, lost my
business and was in a pretty good downward spiral. Life and myself had very much
lost their smiles. Truthfully, the thought of ending it all for good was at the forefront of
my mind.
It was only when I finally picked the pen and paper back up that I was able to release
all the demons that were pinned up inside me.
After a time, the words would just flood out of me. I had always been opposed
to Facebook since its inception but a friend suggested that I give it a go and see what
people thought. Ever since then, I’ve posted pretty daily, which eventually led to me
writing a book called An Exquisite Stranger’s Tales in 2012. That book contained all
the joys and triumphs, heartaches and sorrows, and all the miscellaneous random
thoughts that had leapt from my heart and soul.
In reality, writing that book saved my life. If I wasn’t able to freely express
myself, whether it be through my writing or my sketches, I really do not wish to imagine
such a world. As Tesla said, until we seriously begin researching human phenomena
such as imagination, artistic abilities and musical abilities, this society and this world will
not progress much further. If we did begin researching such things, I guarantee as
Tesla did, we would literally make more progress in ten years than we have in the last
hundred.
As always, push hard,