Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

has this poem vanished from the Creative Writing salon? i commented there then screwed up hitting the submit button. that was a couple of days ago. basically, what i said was that i held back my comment allowing the piece to permeate my consciousness. it wasn't a simple read for me; the undercurrent...

a city aflame with desire
awesome, kurt!

~westie

What is your gift today?

enjoyment of abundance
warm sunshine and
my neighbour's new bird house
hung on the shared balcony..
exquisite


a soft write
a gentle left
a just right middle

~westie

beautiful....

Doreen, since 9/11, I need my passport to cross the 49th Parallel to enter the U.S. - not just to get off the continent. Most of my travel is to your country.

~westie

Definitely, research.... I posted that report because I hear so many americans question the validity of the United Nations or the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. http://www.measureofamerica.org/ AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CONTACT: Bianca DeLille | 202-380-5878 | bianca...

doreen, i jokingly suggested you could use my Canadian passport. i imagine you've had a US passport for years - if you've travelled abroad or required it for other purposes. unfortunately, the photo in my current passport is REALLY bad. after 9/11 canadians weren't allowed to smile in a passport pic...

America continues to drop down the list in rankings of industrialized nations on several key factors measured by the U.N. and the OECD. here is a link to a 2008/09 Human Index study conducted by americans on americans that reports out findings based on measures not related to the GDP, the stock mark...

unfortunately, a lot of damage has been done to america's reputation abroad. yes, many people do believe that Doreen. and it is sad.

~westie


PS - I'd loan you my passport but the pic is pretty scary!!!

i watched some videos of said ZUMBA - wow!! as Paris Hilton would say: "That's Hot!"

it looks like such a blast. addictive in a very good sense

you are going to look fab and have a ton of fun.

~westie

lol.... i am teasing as all my american friends are bright, intelligent, delightful people and i love them. but there is a problem when a powerful member of the global community doesn't properly educate citizenry. my country isn't perfect either, however, we do place a high value on education. accor...

Everywhere, such as, and ..... americans aren't smart enough to invade Canada, you don't even know where we are. US students can hardly name 20 states let alone figure out where other countries are located ..... ;) <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v...

if u can be still enough on a beach you will see that the sand is moving grain by grain all around you. the ocean may be a bore but the core is liquid.

i like how your poem makes me feel. understood in a weird way.

~westie

i adore the Uber surreal realism you accomplish with your edit effects. the original picture is an amazing composition of itself. your art moves me

~westie

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