SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION.

  I've started brainstorming ideas for creating a work of art that will incorporate the concepts behind the notion of a "human web". I am going to create a mural that portrays the web of connections between myself and the people i know, and then ultimately the connections those associated with me share with others.

A review of Paul Sharpe Projects "Six Degrees of Separation" art exhibit, that appeared on chelseaartgalleries.com includes this description of the meaning behind the concept of the "human web" and its' popularization:

"Six Degrees of Separation is the theory that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances. The theory was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in a short story called "Chains." Sociologist Stanley Milgram devised a way to test the theory in 1967, which he called "the small-world problem." He randomly selected people in the mid-West to send packages to a stranger located in Massachusetts. Although the participants expected the chain to include at least a hundred intermediaries, it only took on average between five and seven intermediaries to get each package delivered. Milgram's findings were published in Psychology Today and inspired the phrase "six degrees of separation." Playwright John Guare popularized the phrase when he chose it as the title for his 1990 play. In 1993 a film was released of the same name starring Stockard Channing and Will Smith."

The mural will be painted on the ceiling and walls of the enclosed back porch that I use as my art room.

More info, updates and pictures coming soon...

WORD :: A Few of My Favorite Quotes.

Some of my fave famous and original quotes...

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you cant handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
I write for myself; to express, to hold on, to let go.
I want to make you happy, but I've fallen. I'm sorry.
Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.
I knew who I was when I woke up this morning but I must have changed many times since then.
I look and feel this way, well cuz I drank and I smoked, I lived and I loved, danced, sang, sweat and screwed my way thorough a pretty damn good life if you ask me.
I walk alone slowly. No hurry. Nobody is waiting.
If onions had an asshole, it'd smell like this.
We wouldn't worry what others thought of us if we knew how seldom they do.
Many an idle dream is looking for a home of sleep like yours to happen in.
I memorize you, walking as if to music.
Shorty kind of crazy but it turn me on.
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
You wear my love and all who see you say; how beautifully his love becomes her.
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Screw me once shame on you. Screw me twice shame on me.
Just because you like my stuff, doesn't mean I owe you anything.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Passion is needed for any great work.
It's all about ass. You kiss it or kick it.
Fresh to def she is.