A New Economic – Saving the World in Three Easy Steps
Everyone becomes a debt-free homeowner, and the rich stay rich. There is no need to incarcerate anyone, no class warfare, no fighting in the streets. This plan, quite literally, makes the “American Dream” happen for everyone, all at once.
“The Fire Enlightening”
“The Fire Enlightening” is comprised of nine poems that narrate a journey of philosophic self-discovery, populated with logical and chaotic conceptual metaphor, to bridge a synthesis between the world of nature and the artifice of man.
Surveyor’s Golden Disk No. 1 – Astronomic Latitude
A useful primer for those interested in how latitude has been determined, over land and sea, from prehistory to the Ancient Egyptians and Chinese, to Viking explorers, and all the way to present navigators.
“Swimming in Fire”
Life drawing, 2′ x 3′ pencil on paper, digitally colorized.
Kansas City Star Maker Faire 2017 Spotlight
“Garret Tufte, 32, works as a civil engineer and land surveyor in Lawrence, Kan. But he is also a writer and — as the limestone carving taking shape with his hands showed — a sculptor.”
“Roots Unbound” – In Progress
18″ x 18″ x 50″, 350 lbs., Italian marble.
Electro-Gyro, version 1.0
Turn on the switch and the gyro spins in a set position. Pick it up and twist it to feel the resistance of the angular momentum.
Lady in Waiting No. 1
12″ x 12″ x 20″, Kansas Limestone.
Recent Variations
Pursuit & Defeat of an Interdimensional Demon (Healing Triplets)
Don’t know his exact name, but he’s ripped to shreds and will spend the next thousand years in the abyss…
Read MoreThe Value of Self-Respect
When you don’t respect yourself, you are that much more susceptible to manipulation by malicious characters and general deception. When you do not grasp this concept, these forces can get you to do anything.
Read MoreReckoning with a “Liberal Education”
I wish I did not need to judge so directly, but this is not “fun and games” anymore. What long ago seemed “hip and irreverent” has gone way off the deep end. We are literally in danger of losing an entire generation, and our very nation, to the very sort of psychology that strips men and women of their souls.
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