Resolve to be thyself, and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
- Matthew Arnold

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
- William Shakespeare

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. - Henry Ward Beecher

A third News Feature from yours truly, this time, on a more intimate and elusive topic than even the last feature! In this last installment, I was most interested in uncovering who it is that shares their gifts with the dA world.

Oftentimes, artists we know and love, or even ones we just visit periodically in search of new submissions, become... just that. They become accounts, machines that just push out fantastic sunsets or awesome fractals. Though their works are highly valued staples of our emotive world, these faceless accounts rarely evoke the emotions that first compelled the artist him/herself to share their talents with the online world. With the permission of those who posted to this thread, I wish to celebrate some of these talented humans (complete with their inspiration, drive, perspectives and all), rather than promote them as humanless talent towards which the vastness of the internet might channel our thoughts.

These are all images and writings that are important in some way to those who posted them; epiphanies, religious philosophies, turning points, encouraging sentiments, and other important cornerstones in their own respective galleries and lives...

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Some of my own significant pieces…


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