Hi. First of all, I'd like to stress that I am, indeed, here to make friends FIRST. Yes, I would love to find the "right one" with which to settle down, but I've been on both sides of "You're not the person I thought/hoped/required you to be" so now at 37 the A-ha! has finally kicked in.... get to know you, let you get to know me FIRST... so, there we go. Here we go...


Honesty is hard to come by nowadays, so I'm going to be as honest here as I can be without writing a (long) novel, giving you my Social, or telling you my cat's name and date of birth.

I'm looking for friends FIRST for other reasons as well. I'm an artist and, as that often entails, my life over the years has been pretty makeshift and the quality of living has been a wildly swinging variable. I'm a painter, a writer. I work with sound. Some sculpture. In the mid- to late nineties I was in a few local shows. In the mid 2000's I achieved some publishing, and I've begun to make contact and friendships with painters, writers and composers from all over the globe.

It's been slow going, but I realized that baby steps were the best steps, the right steps.

I took the long way around. I'm self taught. I left school early, and dove headfirst into the late 80's punk culture of Atlanta. I did too much of just about everything. It caught up with me. I left "the scene" around '92 to focus on painting and writing, working odd jobs to support myself, and working on the craft. (Tough times, sometimes, and lots of long stories!!!! But, it is the past.)


In 2002, I made a some lifestyle changes. I became a non-drinker for (serious) health reasons (I'm drinker-friendly, and will even hang out at the bar and drink iced tea... I just no longer, myself, partake!)

I moved to an organic farm in North Georgia to study natural medicine and Reiki, and as fate would have it, I became a health provider for ailing relatives... my grandfather during hip surgery and Alzheimers before his death, my father during neck surgery.

In 2004, my mother suddenly found herself single and, a couple of months later, in need of a serious operation (This sounds like one of those Nigerian scam artists, I know, right!! But it's all true...)


Anyway, her one surgery turned into three in a short period of time, and I moved in with her to help her, since the relationship I was in while on the farm had ended and we both found ourselves in need of mutual care... she needed full time nursing... I needed a place to live!! (Much more to the story, but that's the Cliff Notes.)

So, she got better slowly but surely, and except for another small recent operation, she's much better and back to work.

We share an apartment in Roswell. If you're of the kneejerk mindset to be against that for whatever reason, then we wont get along. It hasn't always been like this, and it wont be like this forever. I'm proud to have been of service to my family. I was an obnoxious young freak who did all in his power to distance himself from family, and this has been an opportunity for us all to heal. So, I'm fine with who I am and where I am, and the best is yet to be.



Oh... and if all that wasn't enough....


I'm a non-driver. Fifty percent phobia, 50 percent idealistic stance.


This, too, will not be forever.



If you have the strength of character to understand and accept the choices I've made in life, then, please, drop me a line. I'd love to hear from you.


Cheers!



(And BTW, yes... I AM employed!)



BTW x2: I'm actually a Gemini...! Well, at the cusp... May21st

Deep conversation. I mean, really deep. You really have no idea how deep. Meditating? Hiking! Chitchatting. Silence. Live music? Anything art related is always a plus...

older than 25
Must not be looking for Intimate Encounter
Must not be married