helllllllllo ello...

long time lurker, registered last year but didn't start doing stuff with my account until recently. i'm from the midwest, am vegan (but i don't care if you eat meat, i'm here to learn and not to judge!), contemporary abstract artist, animal rights and environmental activist, christian (not churchy-church numbnuts christian, but TRUE christian - following the esoteric zen-like path of Christ), and can't STAND mainstream media and all of its douchebaggery.

so... hi! i'll try not to post anything too stupid.

hi hi welcome

Welcome to the jungle....

well, HELLoooo back

I see you have recognized the Hell part aproacheth us all good and bad
like we are all headed for a deep ditch on a bad corner in a fast car...

esoteric jesus?
that might be a nice balanced counterpoint to the chuchicans, biblicans and luciferian christians

Have a good one

bono is that you?

Would you mind sharing some of your art? I specifically like and create my own "abstract" art.

Welcome to the Zoo.....grab a branch and hang around with us....

Des

reply to post by jvm222


bono? more like boner. XD

what an honor it is to "meet" another abstract artist, and thank you so much for being interested in my stuff! i would LOVE to see some of your work too for now, i just have a bunch of paintings hanging up in my apartment and my friends' and bf's apartments, but it would be nice to get them portfolioed at some point just for the hell of it. i mostly do paintings and mixed-media canvases, with super-bright colors and busy forms that have little to no context, recognizability, predictability, or logic - abstraction has very strange and exciting psycho-spiritual effects. saskia olde wolbers, patrick nagel, pete mondrian, mark rothko and salvador dali are inspirations. what about you? tell me some cool stuff about your art!

You really shouldn't hold your feelings in. Come on, let it all out, tell us how you Really feel
Welcome, you seem like you'll fit right in.

Ha, your intro beginning sounds like the banter on the live version of Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers song. Welcome to ATS.

reply to post by groingrinder


haha, whoops! sorry if i came off like a pretentious douche. i just didn't know what to say, so i picked a few random things about myself to toss in there. :/

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I did not think anything of the sort. I just thought the hellllllo ello sounded like the Deep Purple singer on that particular song.

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