Just as I have a name which is frequently misunderstood and therefore downgraded in our fashion/music/ culture...no it's not the POpstar- it means the Wind - and as a resonance of both nature and heritage I am (as I guess my parents were) - JUSTLY proud of it- I am bemused sometimes by how little it may mean to others' psyches. Else there are people who've said yes they've heard of me, or someone else with a strange name- often only to find I'm hit by a dry wind wall of their misconceptions and assumptions and partial takes. YOUR aricle made me wish to say the following to it's (Mysterious and sounding altogether plagued) Author. Listen up; have you ever considered the following: Your proctologist may've been totally nonplussed by you as a REAL artistic talent.Not exactly pity/ but allow for them. Can you imagine how it'd be to realize as you drove your new Merc to the Uni Philosophy School for your adult extension education/learning after work now at 15 yrs down the track/your gongs on the wall in your Surgery/ that sooo many people could've realized from your choice of profession you'd unwittingly anounced your Freudian Anal tendencies/nay/ were proud of thi$!! Ah the neurosis midlife this'd inspire....and in your innocence all those years ago as an aspiring Bum Doc. Or to continue the Proctologist/'s P>O>V> Maybe they thought they'd simply put you in a (Sep style terminology)- Relaxation Mode pre anal-probe mode and Your stress level was too high? Funny and unfunny things happen all the time in life. Take things a bit easier...that seem unpleasant-your body is you- afterall and perhaps concentrate on dark working a few more grey areas to fuller colours...go with a better feel/of flow. This is very simplistic I Know/ you seem a rather complex minded individual/but hey/we all have choc starfish/as long as we don't go bellyup too often or sit on 'em too much/Keep Moving/ their should be wind n rain n stars n sunshine in our lives too! . -Mariah Reply

Well done Gabba yes EPPM is where the home is for all our traveling artist's roaming the globe in search of something. Lovely articale and good to hear your painting somewhere in the world. At the end of the day its your choice. I choose Art and Design because I know nothing else and it seemed like a good way of meeting people. Stay with Gabba. . -Michael Florrimell - 8/27/2008 Reply

Dear MTW, Thankyou for your articles.I'm really pleased/for myself that you put them up.I enjoyed them.I am really pleased as a female that you,MTW put them up.I am really pleased that a printmaker w talent who is also a clear thinker n writer n artisan put them on this site on the web n that the support to do so was there.Thanx to Pnp, special thanx to PS. . -Teece Reply

The last time I saw someone holding, actually holding ubframed prints was a few years ago. As they enjoyed displaying them to others I was a bit horrified,yet over the years I returned to this Moment and felt and thought clearly about it,returning to the subject over the following year. While bothered, I calmly posited to myself some things....still unchanged. The Prints were Floating World. I don't know who named them this, but the description is so apt,as the French'd say- the Mot Juste or exact right word/s/phrase/title. They stem from the era that Nippon opened it's Sun Kingdom to a harassing world and it's strangenesses and treasures cascaded out in a flood to the west-some to be rescued,some to be treasured and retreasured. Like it's authentic prints. Many ludicrous questions were fired at the owner/handler of the Prints.I'd heard/examined these before.Even a one about whether a "silk" scarf "printed" on w a mock PRINT allowed the rich Tourista owner to say her souvenir was a Print...I said nothing. Waysgooze longtime ago.... As the handler of the prints folded the acid-free tissue paper around them I ventured a quip. (My last prized Toshi hangs framed above the sink where I can see it always in its Gold's and Purples)."What, no white gloves ?" I said)/ my head always filled w random imagery. "You can handle them any way you like, the lucky Man replied. I'll be more relaxed about it...". I glowed. He'd recognized/implied an almost "US". ...that I too knew the thrill of handling fresh prints/ others I may call "Even far and dead friends' " prints. Or the thrill of PRINT S in the plural. That moment scribed itself on me in a way no other cultural croos-contect could (laughS) de- scribe. Where is he now and are his joys many. For myself I shouldn't be on this website as the night grows short and my labours should be many- Printing of course. But like any Fairytale most of our lives can be fractured by the wrong sorts of concerns Thankyou for your article and enthusiasm Z you're very inspiring when you're happy. Hope to catch up w you soon. . -Teece Reply

Thanks for all of your enthusiasm and for highlighting the statistical and creative information in such a concise article. Really enjoyed it ! . -MTW Reply

Easy and enjoyable to read, with lots of examples to justify the exposition. What's next MTW? . -Z Reply

Thanks Michael ! What's next . . . . I have no idea ! But I'll let you know when I do. Thanks for reading the article. . -MTW Reply

Interesting to note the pop artists saying that commercial art was the big no no back in the sixties. It still is as far as the art world is concerned. I mean how much commercail art do we see in gallerys. None unless it has the stamp of Ephemera or artist on it. And do we really have to bother with commercail art anyway, its on line on television at the movies in the streets in newspapers shops every where. Well yes we do becouse until we deal with it in a major form of Exhibition in major gallerys all over the world, then the masses will not know what they are looking at 90% of their life. In art space there there is still the great divide between art and commercial art. We have come close but try this all major gallerys in Australia eg the world. Televison sets, Radios film screens, products, billboards, internet, printed material everything and anything that is not signed by an artist. Take all art out of the gallerys and only show commercail art on a grand scale for a year or so. Then maybe the public can get an idea of waht commercail art is. I could go on and on. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

Excellent rhetorical questions Z. Interesting research. Keep up the good contributions! . -Teece Reply

MTW, an easy to read, concise article that was not long-winded and understandable. A stand out piece of graffiti art on a public/private wall existed in a lane between Flinders and Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney. The developers have probably got rid of it by now. It was called "Over and Out" and done in red spray paint. On seeing this message, it finally confirmed my thoughts on leaving Sydney for another state. Graffiti artists do have something to say. The viewing location of the art is a key to the success or unsuccessfulness of the message in the art. Sometime in the future I want to do some charcoal rubbings as an edition of prints, as opposed to the pre-traditional and pre-pre-digital methods of printmaking mainly used by living printmakers today because of the same reasons mentioned in your article that motivated the earliest of human printmakers. . -Z Reply

nice work MTW . -DP Reply

Well done JP. . -Z Reply

Cool articale about the snake. Don't know about keeping it though snakes are wild and maybe if it was'nt hurt should be named and let go back into the bush. Still look after it and im sure things will all turn out ok. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

And I thought I had to live with fear. Mine is nothing. I fear for you. Move to Oz. . -Z Reply

Its a great thought, we all have to deal with our demons. Beautifully crafted and well edited. great Job . -Linda.... Reply

Intresting look into the dark side. Awesome editing. . -Jack Leary Reply

RD, I like the title "Evolution" - put an R in front of it and you get revolution. Things do evolve/change/progress or regress, etc.. (even though I personally don't believe that my great, great, etc.. grandmother was a grasshopper). Is it the word evolution which creates the fear factor? Maybe, maybe not! I think the judges for the 2005 best written article upload are going to have a challenge to decide which article gets to win. I am so impressed with the diversity and quality of writing genre' that uploaded so far and it's only 5 months into 2005. What other thought provoking articles are yet to come? I'm getting quite excited about all this evolutionary contribution. . -Z Reply

This is a article that grows on you, I must have read it 5 times and every time i seem to get somehing new out of it. It does look inside the deep reality and Z is right about the title its really impressive, so RD anything new coming up ? I will be keen on a sequel. . -D P Reply

We all have the emotion of fear. It is something we have to over come to change the world for better. Instaed of getting in that car, walk ride a bike, change to solar, re cycle, don't consume as much, don't morgage or over draft your money. All this will help you live a more peace ful life. Also try speaking to people you don't know, and meditaition, yoga etc. . -Michael Florrimell Reply