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I like art in many forms, I myself like to draw, have always liked to draw, and even took second place in St. Paul, Minnesota for a painting I drew in High School, in 1965, it was put in the museum, with other paints for sale. I sold it for $25 dollars, a large amount for me back in ’65, equal I would guess to $400 nowadays. I had a portrait done of me several years ago, when I could afford it, by an international artist, Yang Yang, it captivates me how he did it, not that I think of myself as a great person to have had him draw me, I mean paint me, just he did it with what I call, a person wanting to look at it; like in poetry, some of my poems I like reading over and over, and others I’d prefer not to. I guess everybody has to like something, and I like many things, art, music (I play two instruments) books, I’ve written a number. I like shooting guns, horse back riding, but art comes close to my second love in liking something.

I know some folks like dogs and cats, I don’t like cats and dogs I got no time to feed, nor do I care for drinking or smoking cigarettes, a squander of time and money to me. But I like many other things, art being number two. No, I have not mentioned games, because I don’t care for them, another squander of good time, so I feel (I like chess now and then, mostly then than now). I don’t like football, or hockey, or basketball, or baseball, or any of those things. Although I like a bullfight, a cockfight, and sumo wresting, boxing, karate tournaments: things like that. But art comes up all the time as second place in my liking something.

I get tired although doing all the things I’ve mentioned except looking at art, buying it, owning it, and books. So I like many things, but art and books fill me up to the rim and I seem to not mind, flowing over it; whereas–funny I say this–other things, once to the rim, is enough for a long time, if you know what I mean.

So I never get tired of reading, writing, and art, doing or looking at it. I cannot tell you the reason for it, I don’t know it, and do not care to chase the reason to death either, just want to enjoy it. Oil paintings or water paintings, or pencil drawing, you name it, I can enjoy doing it or looking at it (also sculptures). I enjoy talking to the artists also, I like the way they think; of course I like signed paintings, originals, like first edition books signed. So I say, with out any reasoning, it is simply a fact, I like what I like, and if I was to mention what artists I like, I would have to go from Europe, a few hundred years back, to the present, and stop in Japan and China for a spell, and America, and of course, Indonesia, and South America. The sculptures in Asia are grand likewise. So why I like art, which is the title of this letter, I say in all honesty, this is the best I can do.

See Dennis’ web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com

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Women in Motion $3.99 What started out as rhymes by a child has been turned into music by a woman. “When I was a teenager, I did lots of rhymes, then I started writing poems and welcomes to help out for special events and occasions. My son told me that I could make money doing that, so I prayed about that and things started happening.”Mary spends most of her day at Bank One as an executive food service worker. She is the mother of seven children, who range in age from 26 to 45, and has 16 grandchildren. One of her loves is basketball which she became attached to as part of the Greenbrier High School Girls Championship team. She still enjoys an occasional game with her children. Mary has been a member of St. Elizabeth Church in Louisville for 31 years. During her membership, she has been an adult Sunday school teacher, president of the usher board, and booking clerk.Although Mary has a way with words, she also has a way with caring. She is always on the lookout for those less fortunate. She helps people with disabilities that keep them from taking care of themselves. “When you are doing things for others, you often do things that you wouldn’t do for yourself.”In 1997, Mary was promoted to commercial loan support specialist. On July 1, 2000, she remarried, and her last name became Short.”this is my second spiritual inspirational book to be published.”