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		<title>Do you think I could be a famous writer? I always wanted to write a book?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The darkness was too deep, the silence was too dead. The lights flickered as if winking at him, the subliminal whispering goodbye to him. Also goodnight because, soon, they were to be dead &#8211; along with the still night. Cheap hugging b&#8230; ! Stupid tree-hugging losers who want him to save the world. Lights &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The darkness was too deep, the silence was too dead. The lights flickered as if winking at him, the subliminal whispering goodbye to him. Also goodnight because, soon, they were to be dead &#8211; along with the still night.</p>
<p>Cheap hugging b&#8230; ! Stupid tree-hugging losers who want him to save the world.</p>
<p>Lights &#8211; ever heard of lights? He muttered with the scar on his upper lip bouncing against his pronounced nose. With his hair darker than his black eyes, gently rubbing his snotty nose, he gazed out the ocean as the waves combed the shore. It sounded like a lullaby; as the waves gently hit the rocks like drumsticks against a drum.</p>
<p>He chuckled uncontrollably like hiccuping, thinking of how in grade school they used to say &#8216;friends before money&#8217;.</p>
<p>Money bought him this nice prison cell, this 4&#215;10 prison cell overlooking the massive ocean which looked like dark oil.</p>
<p>He thought about Patrice; how he was the most important person in her life. She was The Chosen One, she loved him so much she died for him &#8211; what an exulted thing she committed!</p>
<p>He thought about her in that white dress, the way her eyes reflected like a knife, their shade so pale that tears that were falling were the same color as her eyes. Mimicking his heartbeats, not a beat out of rhythm.</p>
<p>The light went out, nothing left to see now but the stars trapped in the sky. He was just as strapped in as the stars. Tomorrow was the day to brake out, tell the world what he really was! Fame, fame, fame &#8211; newspapers will be printing, bigger than any famous stuck-up, no-good loser. (jejune) characters that are going to wish they were him.</p>
<p>He looked down at his concrete whole, for the first time after escaping. Going to be that no good, cop that was jealous of his fame, who got him in this mess in the first place! He put his painting back to the whole when he heard the words starting.</p>
<p>I-I-I wa&#8230;w-want a cigarette! hey ! -the voice stuttered, as if an earthquake was in his voice.</p>
<p>He looked over to find a young 19-year-old Jim there. He killed his parents for calling him &#8216;good old chubs&#8217;. The killer gazed at him, his stomach sunk into the bars as far as they went. Sections of fat rolled over the bars. Pure fat cells, just flapping as if it wanted to fly away. It was clear that nothing on this boy was capable of flying, or even clearly being able to lift past it&#8217;s gravity.</p>
<p>P-pa pa-a pap leas- Jim jeered, as if protesting.</p>
<p>The killer began singing, chanting in a voice &#8216;I shot the sheriff but I didnt shoot no deputy, oh no! oh!<br />
I shot the sheriff, but I didnt shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh&#8217;.</p>
<p>Yeah! All around in my hometown,<br />
They&#8217;re tryin&#8217; to track me down;<br />
They say they want to bring me in guilty<br />
For the killing of a deputy,<br />
For the life of a deputy.</p>
<p>But I say &#8216;Have a cigarette! Chubs<br />
in what little light there was to light up the room, the killer grabbed a cigarette, lit it and began to smoke.</p>
<p>Jim stared at him as if he were to do a trick, breaths quickening. He approached with his arms out, his stuttering turning to pronunciations a newborn could make. Then the killer&#8217;s eyes lit up like a candle with rage, remembering: &#8216;no distractions till then&#8217;.</p>
<p>He could feel his blood boil.. He wanted to compress his face into the bars. Make his skull into mash potatoes. Watch thin blood pour, to the floor. Same color as thin, crimson, Chianti wine.</p>
<p>Yet, this caged bird would sing again. Life outside the big house was looking to pulchritudinous.</p>
<p>He tossed the cigarette right after getting a whiff, the red light rolled across the floor and that was going to be him. He was going to roll away; no more gambling for cigarettes, it was real money now!</p>
<p>It made him think of the deadman&#8217;s hand, aces and 8s. They call it deadman&#8217;s hand because a man was killed for winning when a guy bet a lease on his house. Bam shot him, for having 8s and aces in his hand, back in cowboy times.</p>
<p>The cop that got him here was going to get dealt a deadman&#8217;s hand now.<br />
I like to be a doctor and write for fun. Doctor have to take English courses.</p>
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		<title>I wanted to write a poem about spring?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what I started with- (I opened the front door stepped outside onto the warm concrete. I stopped, looked around , and listened I could see children playing hop scotch, I could hear birds chirping When I sniffed the air, I could smell the aroma of a fresh rain storm that had just ended [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what I started with-<br />
(I opened the front door stepped outside onto the warm concrete.<br />
I stopped, looked around , and listened<br />
I could see children playing hop scotch,<br />
I could hear birds chirping<br />
When I sniffed the air,<br />
I could smell the aroma of a fresh rain storm that had just ended last night)<br />
I don&#8217;t know what to write after that. Any sugestions. (I will NOT take credit for other people&#8217;s work.) I just want some tips please.</p>
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		<title>Banksy is the World&#8217;s Most Wanted Graffiti Artist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can see graffiti in every country in the world. It often defaces walls, poles, trains and the fronts and sides of buildings. Graffiti is considered undesirable vandalism to its victims who spend time and money to paint over or wash it off their property. Indeed, graffiti painting is an ongoing problem in many subway [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can see graffiti in every country in the world. It often defaces walls, poles, trains and the fronts and sides of buildings. Graffiti is considered undesirable vandalism to its victims who spend time and money to paint over or wash it off their property. Indeed, graffiti painting is an ongoing problem in many subway stations and on public walkways, signs, cement walls, and other locations.</p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>However, on the streets of the United Kingdom near London, an artist called Banksy continues to gain international recognition and fame for his graffiti. The fact is that Banksy&#8217;s &#8220;street art&#8221; has become immensely popular with both pedestrians and private art collectors alike. In the last several years, there have been a number of exhibitions and auctions of Banksy&#8217;s art work as his popularity has soared. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>The growing popularity of his art is in evidence in the secondary market where a painting titled “Space Girl and Bird” sold for $575,000 in an auction event last year (2007). In fact, Banksy&#8217;s art can now be found in many private art collections worldwide. Banksy has also produced leaflets and books on art and has his own website. He self-published his first three books, “Existencilism,” “Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall,” and “Cut It Out.” </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>His latest book called, “Wall and Piece,” was published by Random House and has already sold more than two hundred and fifty thousand copies. Nevertheless, Banksy continues to keep his real identity secret to avoid arrest and prosecution. His anonymity is said to be born of a desire to be a “quality vandal” and to elude the police. He once said, “Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw wherever they liked, where the street was awash with a million colors and little phrases. . . . A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business.” He has a unique view of the art world as well. He has said, “The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the over-privileged, the pretentious, and the weak.” </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Banksy&#8217;s graffiti began appearing on trains and walls around Bristol, England in 1993. By 2001, his street art could be seen all over the United Kingdom. His art has a distinctive style which makes it easy to recognize. It features attention to detail and uses layered stenciling and spray paint. Banksy uses familiar images and his pictures contain dark humor and are often controversial. His art is often focused around anti-war, anti-establishment, and anti-capitalism themes. Sometimes Banksy&#8217;s works have a pro-freedom message.</p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Banksy uses rats as images in many of his pictures. His most famous street paintings are a series of black-and-white stenciled rats. Many of these rats are created to be larger than life. The rats have become immensely popular with London pedestrians. A “gangster rat,” painted on a wall near the Smithfield market, wears a peace-sign medallion and carries a sign that says “Welcome to Hell.” Another rat holds a sign that reads, “Please love me.”</p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Other Banksy art features the image of two policemen kissing painted on a public wall. In another picture a military helicopter is adorned with a pink bow. Winston Churchill has a Mohawk haircut in another. He has even produced revisionist oil paintings such as Mona Lisa with a yellow smiley face, and a pastoral landscape surrounded by crime-scene tape. Banksy, dressed in a disguise, installed them in the Louvre and the Tate. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Banksy often uses public walls as a background to display his art. Although recently he has been creating art on canvas as well. In addition, Banksy sometimes enters museums and galleries to add his own art to the museum collections. In the last several years, Banksy&#8217;s street art has been seen internationally. It has been found in the Middle East on Israel&#8217;s West Bank barrier, and in various countries worldwide including Spain, Palestine, Germany, and the United States. He painted the security fence at Bethlehem with a scene of a hole in the concrete barrier. The hole revealed a glittering beach on the other side. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Banksy is viewed by people in many different ways. To some he is an anti-hero who touches the public conscience. Others think of him as an anti-social rogue who vandalizes public property. Some people who have done business with him consider him to be both a genius and a madman. Many view him as unique and irreverent. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>On his website Banksy states that he has bought a taller ladder to use in his work. So there can be no doubt that his graffiti (“street art”) will continue. For their part, the authorities in the United Kingdom will continue to try to identify and subsequently arrest Banksy, the world&#8217;s most wanted graffiti artist. </p>
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<p>James William Smith has worked in senior management positions for some of the largest financial services firms in the United States for the last twenty five years. He has also provided business consulting support for insurance organizations and start up businesses.  Mr. Smith has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Boston College. He enjoys writing articles on political, national, and world events. Visit his website at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.eworldvu.com">http://www.eworldvu.com</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can see graffiti in every country in the world. It often defaces walls, poles, trains and the fronts and sides of buildings. Graffiti is considered undesirable vandalism to its victims who spend time and money to paint over or wash it off their property. Indeed, graffiti painting is an ongoing problem in many subway stations and on public walkways, signs, cement walls, and other locations.</p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>However, on the streets of the United Kingdom near London, an artist called Banksy continues to gain international recognition and fame for his graffiti. The fact is that Banksy&#8217;s &#8220;street art&#8221; has become immensely popular with both pedestrians and private art collectors alike. In the last several years, there have been a number of exhibitions and auctions of Banksy&#8217;s art work as his popularity has soared. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>The growing popularity of his art is in evidence in the secondary market where a painting titled “Space Girl and Bird” sold for $575,000 in an auction event last year (2007). In fact, Banksy&#8217;s art can now be found in many private art collections worldwide. Banksy has also produced leaflets and books on art and has his own website. He self-published his first three books, “Existencilism,” “Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall,” and “Cut It Out.” </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>His latest book called, “Wall and Piece,” was published by Random House and has already sold more than two hundred and fifty thousand copies. Nevertheless, Banksy continues to keep his real identity secret to avoid arrest and prosecution. His anonymity is said to be born of a desire to be a “quality vandal” and to elude the police. He once said, “Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw wherever they liked, where the street was awash with a million colors and little phrases. . . . A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business.” He has a unique view of the art world as well. He has said, “The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the over-privileged, the pretentious, and the weak.” </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Banksy&#8217;s graffiti began appearing on trains and walls around Bristol, England in 1993. By 2001, his street art could be seen all over the United Kingdom. His art has a distinctive style which makes it easy to recognize. It features attention to detail and uses layered stenciling and spray paint. Banksy uses familiar images and his pictures contain dark humor and are often controversial. His art is often focused around anti-war, anti-establishment, and anti-capitalism themes. Sometimes Banksy&#8217;s works have a pro-freedom message.</p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Banksy uses rats as images in many of his pictures. His most famous street paintings are a series of black-and-white stenciled rats. Many of these rats are created to be larger than life. The rats have become immensely popular with London pedestrians. A “gangster rat,” painted on a wall near the Smithfield market, wears a peace-sign medallion and carries a sign that says “Welcome to Hell.” Another rat holds a sign that reads, “Please love me.”</p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Other Banksy art features the image of two policemen kissing painted on a public wall. In another picture a military helicopter is adorned with a pink bow. Winston Churchill has a Mohawk haircut in another. He has even produced revisionist oil paintings such as Mona Lisa with a yellow smiley face, and a pastoral landscape surrounded by crime-scene tape. Banksy, dressed in a disguise, installed them in the Louvre and the Tate. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Banksy often uses public walls as a background to display his art. Although recently he has been creating art on canvas as well. In addition, Banksy sometimes enters museums and galleries to add his own art to the museum collections. In the last several years, Banksy&#8217;s street art has been seen internationally. It has been found in the Middle East on Israel&#8217;s West Bank barrier, and in various countries worldwide including Spain, Palestine, Germany, and the United States. He painted the security fence at Bethlehem with a scene of a hole in the concrete barrier. The hole revealed a glittering beach on the other side. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Banksy is viewed by people in many different ways. To some he is an anti-hero who touches the public conscience. Others think of him as an anti-social rogue who vandalizes public property. Some people who have done business with him consider him to be both a genius and a madman. Many view him as unique and irreverent. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>On his website Banksy states that he has bought a taller ladder to use in his work. So there can be no doubt that his graffiti (“street art”) will continue. For their part, the authorities in the United Kingdom will continue to try to identify and subsequently arrest Banksy, the world&#8217;s most wanted graffiti artist. </p>
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<p>James William Smith has worked in senior management positions for some of the largest financial services firms in the United States for the last twenty five years. He has also provided business consulting support for insurance organizations and start up businesses.  Mr. Smith has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Boston College. He enjoys writing articles on political, national, and world events. Visit his website at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.eworldvu.com">http://www.eworldvu.com</a></p>
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