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A foreboding presence in Poland prior to WWII.
Ad deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.
To God who gives joy to my youth.
Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) with fellow classmates, 1931.
c2011.
Won Honorable Mention, Orlando Museum of Art 1st Thursdays Show, Feb 7, 2019.

I was a great artist in the fifth grade, at least that�s what my fellow classmates and art teacher thought. My parents thought differently, however, and transferred me to a Catholic school, and that was the end of my art career. By the time I got to college, I was convinced that the intellectual search for truth was far superior to the aesthetic. I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and hadn�t taken one course in art. None were offered, even though the college professed the "liberal arts." In a sense, I was on the same course as Robert Motherwell (philosopher to artist), but for me the end came in the jungles of Vietnam. Philosophy and everything that I had learned�all the teachers, priests, and professors�had deserted me. Except...