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SEEK GUIDANCE AND ACT UPON ITTHIS WAS ORIGINALLY A COMMENT I SENT TO A FRIEND WHO WAS COMMENTING ON ANOTHER ESSAY I WROTE. MY FRIEND ESSENTIALLY WAS SAYING TO ME THAT SHE HAD NO IDEA HOW TO GO ABOUT FINDING HERSELF, AND DOING ONLY WHAT SHE LOVES EACH DAY (WHICH WAS WHAT MY PREVIOUS ESSAY RECOMMENDED. SO HERE IS MY REPLY TO HER, EDITED, EXPANDED, AND SUBMITTED AS A LITTLE ESSAY.SEEK GUIDANCE AND ACT UPON IT
ENJOY...
-Merton :)
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Anytime we do not know how to go about doing something, or need the answer to something, I always recommend (and have found it efficacious personally) to "ask to know."


ON SUFFERING AND SOLITUDEI AM SUBMITTING BELOW AN EDITED VERSION OF AN INTERCHANGE I HAD WITH A DA FRIEND. IT IS ON THE SUBJECT OF SUFFERING AND SOLITUDE, AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE SOME VALUE TO QUITE A FEW OF YOU. I HAVE NOT TAKEN TIME TO SIGNIFICANTLY EDIT IT, AND STRICTLY AND FORMALLY GIVE IT PERFECT FORM AS AN ESSAY, YET I BELIEVE IT IS INFORMATIVE, PERSUASIVE, AND GIVES MY VIEW OF AND IMPORTANT SUBJECT. I KEPT THE INTERCHANGE FORMAT, SINCE IT SEEMED THE CLEAREST AND MADE THE MOST SENSE IN THIS INSTANCE.ON SUFFERING AND SOLITUDE
SO AS NOT TO OFFEND THE CATEGORY AND ESSAY PURISTS OUT THERE, I HAVE SUBMITTED IT IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL


A PERSONAL AND MEDICAL HISTORYA PERSONAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY LEADING UP TO A BATTLE WITH BLOOD PRESSURE AND SUGARA PERSONAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY
I just sent this little personal and medical bio to a new holistic doctor in San Francisco that I will be working with, in an effort to treat my diabetes (since traditional, western, drug-company-based methods do not seem to be working too well. I think many of you as people, adults and artists might find it interesting, helpful, or motivating.
Sorry about the caps, but I typed it originally for my 8 font schedule, in which all caps is easiest to see. Do not have the energy to re-type. I think reading this might


IF I HAD IT ALL TO DO OVER AGATHE FOLLOWING IS A JOURNAL ENTRY WHICH I EDITED A BIT AND AM SUBMITTING AS A LITTLE ESSAY IN HOPES THAT IT WILL BE INFORMATIVE AND PERSUASIVE.IF I HAD IT ALL TO DO OVER AGA
SINCE I AM GOING THROUGH SOME HEALTH ISSUES WHICH I FEEL COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED, IT IS MY SINCERE WISH TO ENLIGHTEN MY FRIENDS AND READERS, SO THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I AM CURRENTLY ENDURING (WHICH IS NOT ONLY UPSETTING AND SCARY, BUT A ROYAL PAIN IN THE PATOOTIE).
SO HERE IT IS FOLKS, MY ATTEMPT TO SAVE YOU PAIN, WHICH YOU WILL PROBABLY DISREGARD, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE HUMANS DO, PREFERRING TO WAIT TILL DISASTER STRIKES OR WE HIT


SEEK GUIDANCE AND ACT UPON ITTHIS WAS ORIGINALLY A COMMENT I SENT TO A FRIEND WHO WAS COMMENTING ON ANOTHER ESSAY I WROTE. MY FRIEND ESSENTIALLY WAS SAYING TO ME THAT SHE HAD NO IDEA HOW TO GO ABOUT FINDING HERSELF, AND DOING ONLY WHAT SHE LOVES EACH DAY (WHICH WAS WHAT MY PREVIOUS ESSAY RECOMMENDED. SO HERE IS MY REPLY TO HER, EDITED, EXPANDED, AND SUBMITTED AS A LITTLE ESSAY.SEEK GUIDANCE AND ACT UPON IT
ENJOY...
-Merton :)
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Anytime we do not know how to go about doing something, or need the answer to something, I always recommend (and have found it efficacious personally) to "ask to know."


ON SUFFERING AND SOLITUDEI AM SUBMITTING BELOW AN EDITED VERSION OF AN INTERCHANGE I HAD WITH A DA FRIEND. IT IS ON THE SUBJECT OF SUFFERING AND SOLITUDE, AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE SOME VALUE TO QUITE A FEW OF YOU. I HAVE NOT TAKEN TIME TO SIGNIFICANTLY EDIT IT, AND STRICTLY AND FORMALLY GIVE IT PERFECT FORM AS AN ESSAY, YET I BELIEVE IT IS INFORMATIVE, PERSUASIVE, AND GIVES MY VIEW OF AND IMPORTANT SUBJECT. I KEPT THE INTERCHANGE FORMAT, SINCE IT SEEMED THE CLEAREST AND MADE THE MOST SENSE IN THIS INSTANCE.ON SUFFERING AND SOLITUDE
SO AS NOT TO OFFEND THE CATEGORY AND ESSAY PURISTS OUT THERE, I HAVE SUBMITTED IT IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL


A PERSONAL AND MEDICAL HISTORYA PERSONAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY LEADING UP TO A BATTLE WITH BLOOD PRESSURE AND SUGARA PERSONAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY
I just sent this little personal and medical bio to a new holistic doctor in San Francisco that I will be working with, in an effort to treat my diabetes (since traditional, western, drug-company-based methods do not seem to be working too well. I think many of you as people, adults and artists might find it interesting, helpful, or motivating.
Sorry about the caps, but I typed it originally for my 8 font schedule, in which all caps is easiest to see. Do not have the energy to re-type. I think reading this might


IF I HAD IT ALL TO DO OVER AGATHE FOLLOWING IS A JOURNAL ENTRY WHICH I EDITED A BIT AND AM SUBMITTING AS A LITTLE ESSAY IN HOPES THAT IT WILL BE INFORMATIVE AND PERSUASIVE.IF I HAD IT ALL TO DO OVER AGA
SINCE I AM GOING THROUGH SOME HEALTH ISSUES WHICH I FEEL COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED, IT IS MY SINCERE WISH TO ENLIGHTEN MY FRIENDS AND READERS, SO THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I AM CURRENTLY ENDURING (WHICH IS NOT ONLY UPSETTING AND SCARY, BUT A ROYAL PAIN IN THE PATOOTIE).
SO HERE IT IS FOLKS, MY ATTEMPT TO SAVE YOU PAIN, WHICH YOU WILL PROBABLY DISREGARD, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE HUMANS DO, PREFERRING TO WAIT TILL DISASTER STRIKES OR WE HIT


FINDING A PARTNER SOUL-MATEI have been noting with a friend. I complimented him on the lovely photographs he posts of all the (what seem to me to be) lovely, time-less, aged, spirit and life-filled places he visits, commenting that he must have a fascinating life.FINDING A PARTNER SOUL-MATE
He replied that while he may visit all those places, he is alone, capping his reply off with the oft-used phrase: "You can't have everything."
This was my reply. I submit it as a little essay. I thought it might be helpful to my friends, visitors, and readers:
Enjoy, Merton :)
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ON NON-ATTACHMENTHERE IS A LITTLE ESSAY ON THE SUBJECT OF NON-ATTACHMENT. IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, AND WE MUST THINK ABOUT IT... IF WE WANT TO PROGRESS SPIRITUALLY (AS A HUMAN BEING, AS A SOUL, AS AN ARTIST, ETC.)ON NON-ATTACHMENT
I ALSO SUSPECT WE MUST THINK ABOUT IT IF WE WANT TO BE HAPPY.
ENJOY.
-Merton
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Well, as I get older, as I start to deal with things like blood pressure and blood sugar, as my body fails as all of our bodies do, as I begin to see that no matter how many things my admittedly active brain can think of to explore, none of these truly satisf


WHO ARE WE REALLY?THIS IS MY LATEST JOURNAL ENTRY, AND I THINK IT MAKES A GOOD ESSAY. IT PRESENTS SOME INTERESTING IDEAS ABOUT THE NATURE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE, AND POSES SOME GOOD QUESTIONS. I HOPE THAT MY FELLOW ARTISTS AND VIEWERS ENJOY IT, AND THAT IT PROVES THOUGHT PROVOKING FOR YOU.WHO ARE WE REALLY?
-Merton :)
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I am wondering, "Who are we, really?"
As I lay half awake, half asleep this morning, I was thinking of all the things I have done in my life, all of the things that have happened, all of the things I have created. I know that these affect others and leave a legacy.


WHAT IS SUCCESS IN ART?IN THE COURSE OF NOTING WITH A DA FRIEND, I REPLIED WITH SOME VERBIAGE ON THE SUBJECT OF "WHAT IS SUCCESS IN ART?"WHAT IS SUCCESS IN ART?
IN THIS ESSAY, INSPIRED BY MY NOTE TO MY FRIEND, I COVER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
WHAT DEFINES SUCCESS? WHO ARE ARTISTS? WHY DO WE KEEP ON MAKING ART WHEN IT CAN BE SO FRUSTRATING, DIFFICULT, AND DISAPPOINTING?
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
ENJOY!
-Merton :)
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One never knows with things one creates how they will "do." I think that creating is a process,


THERE IS ENOUGH FOR ALLTHIS IS MY RESPONSE TO A WORK OF ART I SAW ON A DA PAGE.THERE IS ENOUGH FOR ALL
IT IS A SKULL WITH BANNERS OF TEXT THAT READ:
YOUR RICHES ARE ACQUIRED BY THE MISFORTUNE AND BLOODSHED OF OTHERS.
WELL, I DO NOT AGREE, THOUGH I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL NATURE OF THE PIECE. HERE IS MY LITTLE ESSAY IN WHICH I PUT FORTH MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PIECE AND THIS ISSUE.
ENJOY.
-Merton :)
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YOUR RICHES ARE ACQUIRED BY THE MISFORTUNE AND BLOODSHED OF OTHERS.
That is a sobering th


ADVICE 2AN UNHAPPY YOUNG ADULTHERE IS AN ESSAY CREATED FROM A JOURNAL COMMENT I LEFT IN A YOUNG DA FRIEND'S JOURNAL. I WROTE THESE WORDS IN HOPES THAT THEY MIGHT BE OF HELP TO MY UNHAPPY YOUNG FRIEND WHO IS FINISHING UP HER FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE. SHE HAS HAD SOME OF HER ILLUSIONS SHATTERED, AND BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED DURING THIS FIRST YEAR OF STUDY.ADVICE 2AN UNHAPPY YOUNG ADULT
I SUBMIT THIS ESSAY HUMBLY, HOPING IT MIGHT HELP ALL OF US, SINCE WE ARE ALWAYS "IN SCHOOL" THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES.
LIFE IS SCHOOL.
LEARNING HOW TO "STUDY" AND TO LET OTHERS BE ABOUT THEIR OWN "STUDYING" (AND TO BE HAPPY, BALANCED AND PEACEFUL IN THE PROCESS) IS ONE OF

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![]() ![]() WELCOME, DEAR VIEWERS AND FELLOW DA ARTISTS! "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!" -Ancient Greek saying, echoed historically in literature "Let all aspects of ourselves be integrated within us!" -Merton Parrish "I choose to see love and light in my brothers' and sisters' postings on DA, even if they are not to my taste. I choose to be tolerant, flexible and loving." -Merton Parrish ____________________ ABOUT ME, MERTON PARRISH… I am a varied artist, working in many genres. My page represents and integrates various parts of me as a person, soul and artist. WHAT THEMES DO I UTILIZE IN MY CREATING?... I create based upon the following themes, amongst others: eros, sexuality, homo-sexuality, homo-eroticism, spirit, spiritual growth, Priapian spirituality, New Thought, manifesting, alternative spirituality, theology, philosophy, health, art, the arts, the nature of art, practicalities related to making art, the nature of time, the beauty of the natural world, and the awesomeness of the Universe. WHAT MEDIUMS AND GENRES DO I WORK IN? I create: *Essays, editorials, poems, and illustrated books *Audio recordings, slide-shows and films *Photographs and photo-manipulations *Drawings in pencil, pastel, col.pencil, ink, craypas *Paintings in oil and watercolor *Digitally altered original drawings and paintings *Various artworks of traditional & recycled materials *Artworks framed in traditional/recycled materials *Various artworks in series on various themes *Sculptures: clay, foil, wire, paper, recycled stuff *Hand painted plastercraft statues *Curios, diarama boxes, and charm boxes *Knitted textiles: scarves, shawls and blankets *Needlework: needlepoint, cross stitch, crewel, applique *Collages and groupings of framed art *Art and framing of recycled materials *Mobiles, branch and hatpin cups *Faux stained glass CD ornaments ABOUT ADULT CONTENT ON MY PAGE... My journal and gallery contain some adult material, and feature both erotic and non-erotic works. All my mature works are set to mature and contain warnings. I am assuming that all who are not at least 18 years old are using the mature filter, as the DA rules require. I also assume that all adults who have a sensitive nature are using the adult filter or are sensible enough to turn the page if they do not appreciate my content. Here is an essay which will explain all you might wish to know about adult content on my page: [link] ABOUT MY ART AND LITERATURE, YOUR OPINIONS, TOLERANCE AND CENSORSHIP... In general, my creations are an outgrowth of my artistic vision, philosophy, sexuality and spirituality. Please be respectful, even if you "do not approve" of some things I put forth here. If you disagree or disapprove, please go check out one of the many pages here on DA more in line with your beliefs and taste. PLEASE REMEMBER... There would be no art without variety of outlook, style and vision. When you start the ball of censorship rolling today, it will come back to bite you in the posterior tomorrow (when the things you love are denigrated and stamped out). If this page is for you, enjoy! -Merton |
![]() ![]() ![]() CONTENT WARNING * PREVIEWS * CATEGORIES * COMING SOON Updated 12/10/08 CONTENT WARNING: My journal and gallery contain some adult material, and feature both erotic and non-erotic works. All my mature works are set to mature and contain warnings. I am assuming that all who are not at least 18 years old are using the mature filter, as the DA rules require. I also assume that all adults who have a sensitive nature are using the adult filter or are sensible enough to click on another page if they do not appreciate my work. Here is an essay which will explain all you might wish to know about adult content on my page: [link] I hope that those of you who are interested in the themes, mediums and genres I work in appreciate and enjoy both my DA page and my website. Long live art and literature, in all its forms! Sincerely, Merton PREVIEWS OF WORKS FROM MY GALLERY: Please enjoy the following previews of works found in my gallery. It is a detailed and varied gallery containing many themes, categories and mediums. I hope you will visit often. It is my intention to keep the gallery updated frequently throughout 2009. “THE ARTS” IN OIL: (Representing my love of so many genres in the arts) ![]() SELF PORTRAITS: ![]() DIGITAL, COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS: ![]() ![]() PHOTO MANIPULATIONS: ![]() ![]() ![]() WRITINGS: PAINTINGS: ![]() ![]() DRAWINGS: ![]() ![]() ALTERED DRAWINGS: ![]() ![]() PEN AND INK: ![]() ![]() ![]() PASTELS: ![]() ![]() COLORED PENCIL: ![]() ![]() ![]() SCULPTURES: ![]() ![]() ![]() HANDPAINTED PLASTERCRAFT: ![]() ![]() ![]() CHARM BOXES: ![]() ![]() ![]() DIARAMA BOXES: ![]() CURIOS: ![]() ![]() ![]() MOBILES: ![]() ![]() ![]() KNITTED HEADBANDS: ![]() KNITTED SCARVES: ![]() ![]() ![]() KNITTED SHAWLS: ![]() ![]() ![]() KNITTED BLANKETS: ![]() WEAVINGS: ![]() ![]() ![]() APPLIQUE: ![]() ![]() ![]() GLUE GUN APPLIQUE: ![]() ![]() CREWEL: ![]() ![]() ![]() NEEDLEPOINT AND CROSS STITCH: ![]() ![]() COLLAGES AND GROUPINGS OF FRAMED ORIGINAL ART: ![]() ![]() ![]() ART AND FRAMING OF RECYCLED MATERIALS: ![]() ![]() ![]() BRANCH AND HATPIN CUPS: ![]() ![]() ![]() CD FRAMES AND FAUX STAINED GLASS ORNAMENTS: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| I have worked very hard to make my gallery quite organized for you, and full of a variety of themes and mediums. I am a varied artist, and hopefully there is something for everyone. I hope you will visit and enjoy! Here are all the folders you will find in my gallery, in this order: My Thoughts Superimposed over Photos n Art Deviant IDs Photographic Self Portraits Outdoor Photos Indoor Photos Sculptures Drawings, Illustrations, and Altered Drawings Oils and Altered Oils Watercolor and Altered Watercolor Knitted Scarves Shawls and Blankets Needlepoint Cross Stitch Crewel and Applique Weavings Charm Boxes with Art Prints and Clay Charms Diarama Boxes Hand Painted Plastercraft Statues Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men Abstract but Thematic Male Nudes Female Nudes Male Couples Priapus Works Male Nudes with Pointed Ears The Evil Penis Exclamation Point Smiley Face Angelic and Daemonic Males Mythic Males Male Nudes with Horns Male Nudes with Wings Satyrs, Centaurs and Herms Musical Male Nudes Series Male Nude Chubs Series Male Nudes Engaged in Activities Series Male Nude Ancient Civilization Fantasy Series Mythic Male Nudes Holding the World Series Male Portraits Collages and Groupings Art and Framing of Recycled Materials The Cutest Doggie in the World The House of Many Studios Branch and Hatpin Cups Disembodied Figures CD Frames and Faux Stained Glass CD Ornament Photo Manipulation Mobiles Writings, Essays, Poems, Comment Trails More Essays and Poems Yet More Essays and Poems |
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Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot.
In your soul are infinitely precious things
that cannot be taken from you.
Oscar Wilde
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"Let all aspects of ourselves be integrated within us!" -Merton Parrish
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"Let all aspects of ourselves be integrated within us!" -Merton Parrish
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