I'm a writer and professional...ok, amateur......no, seasoned...coffee drinker. My experience includes conducting wine tastings at a vineyard, riding a leaking bus in the rain to New York, NY at 3 a.m., and chopping firewood in the mountains. Having said that, and for the sake of being efficient, I'll move on to the more predictable artist bio copy (although I actually did the things I mentioned)...I am inspired by narrative and dialogue, with a special interest in handmade elements and hands-on creativity. My appreciation of handmade/hands-on work comes from a need to become personally involved with creativity. Narrative and dialogue tell a story and facilitate conversation; they give art a function. I arrange words for article, copy, prose, and poetry needs.
I've written copy for the American Red Cross, Youth For Understanding, and Keith Bowman>>Design Junkie; I have a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. Although I love blogs, my goals for publication reach as far as self-publishing books (coming soon). Bottom line, I dig creative communication.If you have any questions, want to discuss a potential project, or would like to suggest ideas for articles/links/resources/etc, please send an email (along with coffee coupons) to joe at abstractlatte dot com."
Words as art. That is what writing is to me; like paint or film, words can describe, interpret or document in ways that provide both form and function to creative thinking. I am a hands-on writer so I prefer pen and paper when starting my first rounds of work, the ability to create on a moment's notice is a luxury I find invaluable. 2008 minus 1799 equals...Mount Vernon hedge perfume, a favorite greeting but how long will the shrubs keep their voices? Old brick and fun house mirror glass, all of it weathered, but mature. I guess the bushes will be fine. Its collective ass has been kicked by inherited or purchased neglect and its birthdays are well into triple digits but it's still giving "meet-n-greets". I've decided there's no sense in worrying.But, the "Sons of the..." and the "Daughters of the..", even everyone in between, don't realize death is inevitable. A wrinkled chair is no match for people putting their fingers on things they shouldn't put their fingers on. A brittle portrait doesn't stand a chance when camera flashes are allowed to cripple. A bio print is more like a bio hazard to paint that's 220 years young. Prosthetic parts and cloned pieces will help the mansion blow out the last few candles before the icing melts..."restoration", if you don't mind. But is that truly being a part of the "Friends of the American Revolution"? I'd rather see Monticello stagger with a cane than run with bionics. It was a dark and corny night...…long lines, kids, adults, patients (ooops, I mean patience), “would a flask help?”... scary portable bathrooms, “Oh they’re the luxury accommodations", left in front of right in front of left into tall stalks, walls of ear and cob, a million hiding spots, paths, uneven, deceiving, numbers repeating and undiscovered, stalks broken, snapped, can't see, black-green bathed in moonlight, nature’s flashlight…too many corn-undrums, or maybe just one passed numerous times, “One good scare is all I want”, more would be nice but one will do, dead ends, short cuts, travels in circles, dead ends, short cuts, travels, circles, de... then 10 o’clock... not midnight, not last year, just as good… On Trees...different locationwhere manmade ends and trees begin, overlapping green, floating, no obvious connection to the course brown that protrudes from ground and trunk; staring reveals infinite nature and its accessories, a safe haven, a mature security blanket, i'm not embarassed to be wrapped up in this because green is good; we're cousins, organic neighbors... but... we kill them, without hesitation, while they help us live by donating oxygen to our cause; in this moment they're protecting me, from traffic, from buildings, free therapy because i had the sense to open my eyes and listen.
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abstractLatte is about caffeinated expression and experience.
Inspired by bookstores and coffee shops, the blog provides readers with a place to experience caffeinated conversation through commentary, information, and resources. The dialogue includes everything from fine art and handmade goods to current events and ideas on how to make the world a better place.the creation storyThe blog began in 2006 as a creative outlet for art experiments and observations. The more I used the blog, the more I enjoyed its interactive nature, its journal aspects, and the idea that content with substance leads to a positive situation for everyone involved. When my interest in books turned into a literary explosion of reading and creative writing, I decided to merge my interests and develop a casual online experience that mimicked the best attributes of bookstores and coffee shops: expression and experience.
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I'm a writer and professional...ok, amateur......no, seasoned...coffee drinker. My experience includes conducting wine tastings at a vineyard, riding a leaking bus in the rain to New York, NY at 3 a.m., and chopping firewood in the mountains. Having said that, and for the sake of being efficient, I'll move on to the more predictable artist bio copy (although I actually did the things I mentioned)...
