The Ars Soliloquyor
the artist
He has been dedicated now to his literary craft for nearly twenty
years. It's a nice relationship, he often thinks, how his day job
supports his ars soliloquy avocation. He is essentially a student of
philosophy with emphasis on ontology and metaphysics. Through events
of his life, the path of a literary artist chose him, not the other
way around. He may score extrovert on a psych query, but he is more
private than such querie reveal..especially about being an artist. He
is almost as much as an artist at cloaking his avocation as writing
itself. It's essential. He has a number of attires: the good ol'boy
sportman, the professor, the fortish student, utility man, sleize, or
technical professional. Only very rarely does he ever wear his true
attire: straw Panama hat, Mexican cotton peasant shirt, cotton pants,
sandals, and a good Harrison tweed sport coat. He wants to observe,
not be observed. He loved painting, schulpture, and music, and once
satisfied himself that he could! express himself in these media...
but wisely, he dedicated himself to one exclusively: the orchestration
of words.
He learns the dress codes. They serve his purpose. His art has no
responsibilities except to itself. He ever strives to breath life into
the body of his compositions. It is more important that they live than
for him to be known. This is the way he feels about his
creations...each, for him, still interesting to reread and create
anew. There is always some refinement that can be made, because with
his natural maturity through the everyday mundane course of his life,
refinement is always possible.
the art
The art of the ars soliloquyor is somewhat new since he uses similar
processes of developing and expressing theme as is used in classical
music: quadripart symphony, the tone poem, variations on a theme,
ballad, concerto, or fugue. He likes essay, but not the long winded
drolling stuff so often seen. His is an "opinion essay" which is as
short as explicity will allow. He has his own glossary, and he
performs homage to major literary artists and their works, especially
those apparently doomed to obscurity. A respect for other artists is
essential for respect of himself as an artist.
the beret
These days, he is wearing a red billed hat, and on its crown is
"NASA." His daughter remarked the other day, "Dad. You look just like
a utility man." He just smiled.
Submitted by Dale J. Sprague (3625 Greenwood N., Seattle, WA. 98103), on Wednesday, October 25, 1995, from Seattle, Washing, USA