Words Words Words From the moment we are born, 'til the day we die, we find ourselves adrift upon a sea of words, of apparently polarized and conflicting concepts, symbols, and ideologies. Liberals and Conservatives Christians and Jews Moslems and Hindus Capitalists and Communists Blacks and Whites Men and Women Good and Evil An endless stream of apparent opposites confronts us and often seems to demand that we favor one side over the other. Some of these divisions are useful. But many are potentially destructive. The key to resolving conflicts --to ending the Battle Lines between...

Artist's Statement The 70 images found in this book include some of my original oil paintings, photographs, and digitally created artworks produced over the last 20 years. Most people have at least some understanding concerning painting and photography. But some folks may still consider the digital imaging process a bit mysterious. For the uninitiated, a little explanation concerning how the process works may help. When using a computer, the artist is literally painting with light, with the electrical energy that is visible on the monitor. I find that working in this medium stretches my...

In mid-1984, while hiking through the devastated wilderness surrounding Washington State's deadly natural wonder, Mount St. Helens, the author of this book quite literally stumbled upon a gift from the past, a time capsule from the legendary lost civilization of Ratlantis. The contents of this amazing little cylinder are destined to shake the very foundations of contemporary anthropology, history, and religion. And they will almost unquestionably consign such heretofore untouchables as Creationism and Darwin's Theory of Evolution to the ash heaps of religious and scientific literature. These...