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I am founder, president and CEO of ArtsKeeper Inc, the social media platform for anyone who loves the Arts, for all artists, writers, musicians, photographers and performers, as well as enthusiasts and patrons. ArtsKeeper is the only social media site that focuses on the needs of all artists and artisans; whatever their art or craft, whatever their stage in life. Why did i found ArtsKeeper? - To make it easier for people to make a living as a creative, as an artist. Previously, I was founder, president and CEO of XBI Software Inc. In that role, I was a past chair of XBRL Canada and member of the SBR (standard business reporting) Forum. I was an editor of the first Canadian GAAP PFS taxonomy, and of the International XBRL Global Ledger Taxonomy. I am an SBR and XBRL evangelist and consultant, and I have served on many XBRL working groups. Before that, I was founder, president and CEO of Dr Tax Software Inc, a premier supplier of tax software to Canadian accountants and tax professionals, and of Dr Tax -UFile.ca Inc, the first company to create a Web-based tax preparation program in Canada. Under my vision and leadership, the Dr Tax team developed Dr Tax Software from an idea to the second-largest company in its market segment. We actualized the dream of easy, quick web-based tax preparation and led the UFile team to build the first and best Web-based tax application in Canada. The Dr Tax group has been sold to Thomson Reuters. Perhaps most important, i am a poet and aspiring novelist and would love to hear from everyone at ArtsKeeper

Photography Surrealism is alive and well and getting better all the time in “Heji Shin: The Big Nudes,” a wonderful show at 52 Walker, through Oct. 7, that’s not just about its subjects—brain scans, a pig (a detail of “Reclining Nude,” from 2023, pictured here)—but about photography itself. Working from a palette that includes Irving Penn grays and calling to mind body-scan photography by artists like Kurt Hoerbst, Shin shows and tells what makes a sensibility. The forty-seven-year-old German balances the often self-serious “art” photography of the past fifty years or so (the exhibition’s title refers to the late Helmut Newton’s large-format series of big nude women) with an outstanding sense of humor that takes the piss out of the concept of the nude. Are pigs naked? Are they showing us their emotions? And are emotions a landscape that a brain scan can convey? These are among the many questions raised by the very distinctive artist.—Hilton Als(https://link.newyorker.com/click/32476487.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)

furnace of desires pleasure's delicious heat glows... her resolve melting ----- she comes to poet in silver gown the moon made... lace of wants and words ----- With the northern wind howling, I gave my horse his head, And blundered cross a dessert Buried beneath snow, Looking for lonesome words Lost in the roaring blast, To round them up and take Them to safety in a poem. In that wordless wilderness, The poet and his steed, Did all someone can do to Save beauty from the world. ----- She is a garden Sensual pastel petals, Small field of fingertips, Moving to the breeze of Passing breath as the Warm lips of this Insatiable honeybee Seek love's flowing nectar, The taste lingering long Within his mouth so he May remember her flower Which bloomed for him. ----- the finest flower is worth the wrath of its thorns... when tended not plucked ----- Having "been around", he considered himself immune to seduction, but this was different. The way she looked in the moonlight, simply walking across the room in a simple gown, was the most innocently seductive think he'd ever seen. For the first time in his life full of sex and violence, he desired a woman for herself... however she would come to him. ----- The most common things Become a pleasure, Something to laugh about Together and point out, To share each moment, The pleasure of being One with the other, Making each commonplace Event something special, Shared moments what We live and laugh for. ----- i try to be good but it's not in my nature... to not desire you ----- she well understands questions i haven't asked her... responds with a kiss ----- The heat of your body beside me Might as well be naked With the pressure and the warmth The way your form fits mine One curve into the other Molding and melding, Changing positions with Little murmurs of content At each new contact Making love, Penetration Touch into need, Intimacy of the first order ----- Is there some way to touch you other than with a breath of words which are immaterial and fall apart within inches of my lips never crossing even one of the miles that lie between our hearts. ----- She was quiet, so quiet, yet, in her eyes he saw flames. Her cool words sometimes smoldered with suggestive embers, meanings left unspoken, but there. He knew the woods, the waters, the sky... he knew nature, and what she showed the world was not her true nature. He loved nature, loved her. ----- Graceful as a swan She arches, beautiful, Enrapt by warm desires Sweeping along her body, The satisfaction beginning As tiny embers burst into fire Spreading their flames licking Their way throughout her curling Her with the heat of their passing. ----- She listens to hear The words I murmur Over the beating of my heart, Beneath her resting head, For, as I speak, The passion of my feelings, The fervor of my words Is reflecting in The thunder which rolls Beneath her warm cheek. ----- Began side by side, And without a word, Her hand slid into mine, A link of trust, In a chain just begun, And as time, And sunsets, Passed, My arm went Round her waist, And hers round mine, As hips bumped With each step, Until she Slipped her arm Through mine, And pressed Against me, Our own little Private Public Dance ----- Give me your body, dearest, Become a naked altar for Me to worship at, Let me bring you pleasure, Edging to the lips of ecstasy, With offerings of the flesh, And libations of the most Sensual and savory nectars, So that afterwards, Forever afterwards, We may lay entwined And sated until The next worshipping. ----- next word's about you and if not a word or phrase... then the next silence • Donovan Baldwin

drop drop drop of words she arches with joyful pain... as poetry burns her ----- writhes beneath words as the poet's candle drips... ink which burns like wax ----- as our lips bind us trails of burning poetry... inflame new secrets • Donovan Baldwin

Sunset, Moonrise I stood barefoot in the sand where solitude and peace collided between the shore and a fading horizon I was mesmerized by the light of the last sunset of the year It was as if the sun was gently floating through the waves to say goodbye I stood still at the edge of the world and I could see my breath slowly evaporate into the air As the sun set her eyes down, I waited for the one magnificent blink, when the first moon of the year would rise high above the clouds It was in that very moment, the moon light glistened upon the waves; as if to bid farewell to yesteryear ... ~ ©️ Priya Patel, Jan 2, 24 🕉 Breathtaking photography of Sunset 2023 and Moonrise 2024 by Prashant Verma Photography

Eight ball side pocket. I called it, The Bear nodded, Slight smirk, Impossible shot. But... I knew the way the table rolled. Enough English on the cue ball To make the eight hug the rail Until it hit the little soft spot In front of the pocket, and, Forward momentum dying, Hesitated a moment and Dropped in... Stare of disbelief from The Bear, His Mosconi cue in hand. Got to know the table. True story. • Donovan Baldwin

Yesterday I felt unloved and low No direction, place to go Shake it off – that’s what they say Doesn’t take my blues away Listen, shhh – what’s that I hear? A bird is singing very near Two notes he chirps, three in a row This song is just for me – I know See him up there on the vine – Mandevilla blossoms all entwined Throat a-throbbing – such a sight The wren sings out with all his might A feathered chest, quivering With each note he’s delivering I wonder . . . did an angel bring This bird to me, his love to sing © L G Rogers 8-24-22 Note: featured video of The Wren https://youtube.com/shorts/DedDRnIgwJ0?feature=share

INTERSECTIONALITY   Intersectionality refers to the processes through which a combination of a person’s race, gender, class, religion, and/or sexuality can elicit marginalization. Intersectionality, a term coined by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989, highlights that many individuals belong to more than one minority or underprivileged group— for example, a black woman who suffers discrimination based on both gender and race—and as such their encounters with marginalization would be far greater than that of the average black man or white woman. Kamala Harris can be used to effectively explain how intersectionality influences communication and social interactions. Kamala Harris, first female Asian African-American Vice President of the United States of America, who, hailing from two marginalized races in the USA, would have undoubtedly faced an abundance of racism in her personal and professional life. Even more discrimination for her gender in such a male-populated environment as the US government, culminating in a lifelong battle against misogynoir. Intersectionality was a big factor of her election as the Vice President. On one hand, she was called an “angry black woman” by racist and sexist groups, but on the other hand, she was seen by minority groups as a representative of their communities.   Ultimately, her victory into office was a fruit of the tree of her identities as a woman, an Asian, and a black woman. This shows that her value as seen (and not seen) by the majority of the country is largely based on her identities and not necessarily on her merits. As a result, she was largely viewed through the lenses of activism and bigotry respectively, instead of being evaluated based on her personality and merits. Therefore, when people communicate, they should each understand the intersections in identities unique to the other person, but not restrict them to the straitjackets of these identities. Nonetheless, an intersectional approach shows the way that people's social identities can overlap, creating compounding experiences of discriminationand leading to distorted communication. As segmented communities, we mustn’t fail to go deeper than the surface to achieve effective communication.  

It amazes me sometimes, how life seems to always come around full circle, and that certain moments today are somehow connected to moments in our past in the most unexpected ways; I was reminded of that today God surely does work in mysterious ways I lost someone special in my past; someone so very close to me I was so very blind that I couldn't even see what was happening right before my eyes; nor could I hear his many silent cries and I can't help but feel this burden of guilt now for not doing my part to help heal him He left me with a gaping hole beyond my control deep within my heart, and the real truth is, I lack closure Today, an unfortunate news; someone else I once knew, same place, same circumstances but maybe this time; maybe this time I can close that gaping hole I can somehow help to heal his soul, and through him,  make my brother proud ... I miss you Vic, so very much, with love, this is for you ~ ©️ Priya Patel,  Jan 16, 24 🕉

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Do you procrastinate like I do Put it off for one more day… Is your excuse it’s “writer’s block” Or you don’t know what to say First eat that apple fritter And pour a second cup Of that good old Irish coffee Before saying “That’s enough!” Procrastinate, procrastinate That’s why you’re always late For goodness sakes, just write a line Don’t let your best words hibernate! You shake your head and stare at it The blank page stares right back You despise the hesitation… Or is it your reservation… That it won’t be good enough © L G Rogers October 1, 2022