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Shortages

by robert maniscalco | May 8, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View | 0 Comments

We’ve all been experiencing a run on toilet paper and hand sanitizer. But you may not be aware of the extreme shortages in portraits and fine art that are gripping the nation. People are falling over themselves to get the proper fix of meaning and inspiration, a...

The Next “New Normal”

by robert maniscalco | Apr 11, 2020 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View | 0 Comments

What if the world stopped turning? What if everything just stopped? We're now as close as we'll ever get to an answer to that question. We are experiencing a grand pause. A huge reset button has been pushed. Even our enslavement is on pause. For a brief moment in...

Making Music

by robert maniscalco | Apr 1, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

My Sonic Journey I am now recording original music and making it available for soundtracks, films and other uses, with permission. ⇒ Listen to more of mine and Danny 's music ⇐ This particular track features my clarinet playing. At one time, many moons ago, I was...

Freedom and Quarantining

by robert maniscalco | Apr 1, 2020 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

Get into freedom We talk a lot about freedom in this country. We think of freedom in terms of getting away from something that binds us. But freedom isn’t getting out of something, like prison or “work.” We often confuse escape with freedom. Real Freedom gets us into...

Grooming

by robert maniscalco | Feb 9, 2020 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View | 0 Comments

Trump is grooming his followers. He is a known predator and grooming is essential to how they operate. People say they don’t understand how a sexual deviant can get a kid to agree to go with him alone into a room and get him to voluntarily give up his/her innocence....

Portrait of Buzz Harper

by robert maniscalco | Jan 18, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View | 0 Comments

One of my most memorable experiences as a portrait artist, this portrait of Buzz brings back the wonderful times we had together. Buzz was an extraordinary designer, specializing in 18th century French decor. His homes are like museums filled with historical gilded...

Justin Time

by netGALAXY Studios | Dec 6, 2019 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites | 2 Comments

We had a wonderful Holiday Party / Portrait Demonstration last evening at the Summerville Art Guild. Justin, my awesome neighbor agreed to pose and I think it came out rather well. I love it when my work is so appreciated. And I really enjoy painting from life with a...

Seeing as an Artist

by netGALAXY Studios | Nov 29, 2019 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View | 0 Comments

"Who am I anyway? Am I my resume?" from A Chorus Line What is in our identity that makes us who we are? What is it in a person's face, that if we capture it, we call it a likeness? People boast, "I never forget a face." What is it in a face that is so...

Podcast Hit the Mark

by netGALAXY Studios | Nov 29, 2019 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View | 0 Comments

Welp, the live podcast went very well, I have to say. It flowed easily and we covered a lot of ground about CSA. My hope is that what we talked about was helpful to others who are struggling with the recovery. You need not suffer alone. NAASCA and many other programs...

Perpetrators and Survivors

by netGALAXY Studios | Nov 26, 2019 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View | 0 Comments

In response to releasing "The Destroyer" out into the universe, a lot of insights (and incites) have emerged. I will share a few of mine now. The video, is not intended to resolve the epidemic of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Resolution of that problem, so deeply rooted in...

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