Terry sez: > > PS: It's stories like this that might help some understand why I tend > > to use my full name "Steven Vincent Johnson" when posting something formal > > to a public forum like Vortex-l. Helps distinguish me from the rest of the > > distinguished. ;-) > > After seeing your art, I presumed you were named after Van Gogh!
Well... in my reckless youth I could sympathize with Van Gogh's temperament! No fun. Truth be told, my parents named me after Stephen Vincent Benet, a Pulitzer winning author. Born 1898, died 1943. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Vincent_Ben%C3%A9t Of particular interest to me was a short story Benet wrote, "The Waters of Babylon", involving a post-apocalyptic world where a wanderer on a journey/pilgrimage one evening has a dream/vision of what the world was like before disaster struck. It was required reading in one of my English classes. Glad I read it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_the_Waters_of_Babylon Stephen's story captivated me. I have a lot to live up to, and I'm still reckless! Fortunately, it would seem that much of that primal raw "recklessness" has now been transmuted into more artistic endeavors and avant-garde research into esoteric subjects such as analyzing the characteristics of chaos pertaining to Celestial Mechanics. I doubt it will win a Pulitzer Prize for me, though you never know! ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
