About Ken
I am in the process of changing. My adult life began in the Marine Corps. It was there that I was exposed to something or other that created a slow-growing brain tumor. It wasn't discovered until twenty years or so later, long after the damage had been done to both my personality, sex life, and body. In 2008 I had brain surgery and that was followed up in 2010 with gamma knife radiation. Once it takes effect (months to years), I will have a new shot at life and I will be a completely new person that I have never known. I cannot say that I look forward to the change as I have become acustomed to the schizoid personality that the tumor gave me. Sad? No. But it is true.
" Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now He's gone " --- Metallica
Survivors are different from Victims
I am a survivor. It is part of who I am. I make plans and I fulfill them. My eventual goal is to use my talents in art and music to rise above the nine-to-five rat trap and go full-time creative genius. How awesome would it be to wake up every day knowing all you have to do is create a song or paint a painting?
In my mind, as I type, I have four goals, two of which are planned as Kickstarter projects; one an art/music thing, the second the anodized aluminum Tree of Life guitar you see above in the header. My other two projects deal with screenwriting and animation. You would call me a "do-it-yourself" DIY type of person.
There is an old name, "Rex Mundi" that means "King of the World." It is a nickname that is frequently given to the mythological being "satan" because most Kings on this planet have been real materialistic $%^holes! So I temper that phrase: "Rex Mundi Spiritus" to mean I consider myself a King of both matter and spirit to go along with the phrase "Know Thyself." I am too enlightened to be a religious person but I consider myself to be a bit of a spiritualist. My knowledge tells me that I am more than just a physical body and that energy can never be killed or destroyed. FNORD applied to me would be, "For No One Really Dies." Having said that, I have every intention of staying around for a very long time. I have a Grandma who recently went over a hundred years of age. Being a survivor is more than something I learned in the Marine Corps, it is in my genes!
" The spirit of a warrior is not geared to indulging and complaining, nor is it geared to winning or losing. The spirit of a warrior is geared only to struggle, and every struggle is a warrior's last battle on earth. Thus the outcome matters very little to him. In his last battle on earth a warrior lets his spirit flow free and clear. And as he wages his battle, knowing that his intent is impeccable, a warrior laughs and laughs. " --- Carlos Castaneda
