A WRITER, I GROW
MY MIND IS OPEN TO NEW
SO, WORDS DO NOW FLOW
A POET, I GROW
I AM OLD, SO FREE TO BE
ANYTHING I KNOW
AN ARTIST I BE
MY MIND CLEARLY FORMULATES
APPS PAINT, THE MIND DOES SEE
I AM THE NEW OLD
BLESSED BE MIND'S LONGEVITY
IT STILL BURNS WHITE HOT
THERE CAME A POINT, AFTER TURNING 82, THAT I REFLECTED ON THE QUESTION, DO PEOPLE REALLY KNOW ME? DO I REALLY UNDERSTAND, THUS, KNOW MYSELF? I DECIDED TO REFLECT, UNDERSTAND, AND EXPRESS WHO I AM THROUGH WHATEVER EXPRESSIVE VEHICLE THAT MOVES ME. AT FIRST IT WAS ONLY PROSE, BUT I SOON TURNED TO POETRY TO FLUSH OUT WHAT 1 WANTED TO SAY.
ONE DAY WHILE WRITING I NOTICED THE FINGERPRINTS ON MY IPAD SCREEN. MORNING SUNLIGHT WAS STREAMING IN THE WINDOW AND ILLUMINATING THE FINGERPRINTS. I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE HOW APPS DESIGNED TO COLORIZE OLD B&W PHOTOS WOULD HANDLE THESE APPARENT B&W FINGERPRINTS. THIS KICKED IN MY CURIOSITY REGARDING WHAT I COULD CREATE USING ANY AND ALL DIGITAL IMAGE TOOLS AT MY DISPOSAL, MY CREATIVITY WAS STIMULATED AND AFTER A YEAR OF CREATING HAVE HUNDREDS OF DIGITALLY CREATED IMAGES THAT PLEASE ME. INCLUDE A FEW EARLY IMAGES IN THIS BOOK, WHAT IMPACT DO I HOPE THIS BOOK CREATES? AT A MINIMUM I HOPE WHEN MY FAMILY THINK OF ME, THEY UTILIZE THIS "SELF-REFLECTION" TO STIMULATE OR EVENTUALLY INTRODUCE MY ESSENCE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. I HOPE OTHERS THAT READ "SELF-REFLECTION", CONSIDER
CREATING A SIMILAR GLIMPSE INTO THEIR ESSENCE TO
EDIFY FUTURE GENERATIONS.
