ok,

i've finally bitten the bullet & made a decision that's been hanging over me for a good long time...
i've decided to go underground & delve deep, deeper, deepest into whatever is waiting for me... some of you will know how this feels... others, well, imagine jumping off a cliff in the dark & trusting your instincts to see you right... i'm more than a little apprehensive & have been terribly afraid but that's because of my own past & for my own personal reasons (politics & spiritual beliefs aside)...

this leap into the unknown means (in all likelihood) that i'll be offline intermittently & for differing periods of time - sometimes for what will feel like an age for me - so please bear with me if i 'disappear' & don't get around to answering comments & thanking people for faves periodically - all of you that know me know i'll reply eventually!...

sooo.... first of all i owe a HUGE thank you to Anya, who, whether she knows it or not, is primarily responsible for me adhering to this wonderful community of artists in the first place... i honestly cannot thank you enough - you 'birthed' me! - your support (particularly in my early days on dA) was essential, needed, & more than much appreciated - for one normally so verbose i am speechless!!! all i can say is ( )... you're very special Anya & i know LOT'S of people will echo that sentiment!....

Sabrina, Sally, Olja, Roxana, DVentSaint, Jami, Ana, Dave, Romain, Anna, Penelope, Sati, Sanj, Asmodeus, Wesam, etc, etc, (please forgive me if i don't mention everyone - my finger is broken & typing is getting painful & my memory is appalling - & i know that i've left glaring omissions - sorry!) & everyone that i've connected with, no matter how fleetingly or tangentially - i thank you all from the depths of my pseudo-artistic being!!!... you've all helped me indescribably - my confidence, my critical faculties, my sense of fun & humour, my love of good people doing great work - not to mention how steep you've all made my learning curve!.... I'M IN EVERYONE'S DEBT!!!... what a truly wonderful community this is... i bow down to you all Namaste!... & of course more 's & 's than i could ever physically accomplish go out to every single one of you!...

so there you have it, i've not gone yet but the whitecrow is about to do what whitecrows do... interesting times ahead!... may the universal love vibration resonate within all of you... tao for now...

"you are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself."