“We write not because we want to, but because we have to…” W. Somerset Maugham

Guest Post by Papuna – Painter/Artist – Seattle WA

The hardest thing for human brain seems to be thinking “outside of the box”, and yet change is the cornerstone of life and all of nature. Fortunately another cornerstone is the contradiction. I just try to learn as much as I can about reality, discover more layers of our universe, since those layers get infinitely complex, like Mandelbrot Set describes it, “more we learn the less we know” proves right at every stage. Art like knowledge needs to be regarded as an end in itself, only then it’s real. It’s the journey that matters not the destination.

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“My paintings are the beauty of a single drop of water and startling complexity of the entire universe.” Amara Kopakova

Guest Post by Amara Kopakova - Artist & Painter – Seattle, WA

“Hello, Jonathan!

I am an artist based out of Seattle, Washington; a wanderer to the emerald city, from New York originally. In my travels I have seen the sunrise gleam on the Brooklyn Bridge, the cold regalia of Washington DC, the poverty of Georgia, colorful Pride in Oklahoma, the overt loveliness of the Ozarks, the barren glory of the mountains and plains, and the winding road leading up the west coast.

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