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ART JOURNAL-ENTRY #1

    By way of introduction, I was born in Davenport, IA. Corn has always been a staple in my conscious awareness- at all times, it's just there. Corn jokes, corn idioms, corn as a symbol of state for mental registration of approximate geographic location in discussions with passersby about where I'm from, etc.  I don't eat much of it, but when I do, I like field corn. I like field corn more than sweet corn, more than "bread and butter" corn (known by most others as "butter and sugar" corn), and more than all other types of corn out there.

Field corn, if you are wondering, is what "they" use as feed for livestock. Should I be a bit embarrassed that I prefer livestock feed more than the overly sweet, overly delicate, overly hyped fructose variety? Maybe. But, I don't really worry about all that. I like what I like. 

Iowa, it's culture, it's ideals, it's modes and methods for interacting with the world, has always had a huge hand in shaping my world view and behavior. If you don't understand a particular bias I might seem to have, your best bet is to look to Iowa for the answer. 

I'll end my first journal entry intro at this juncture, just know that for future posts, I will be using a loose Art-based Research approach rather than the free-flowing purge of inconsequential information with no particular reason outside of a basic introduction as encountered here. I will be using a more time-tested approach to help illustrate the general foundation needed to really excavate the psychological data that shapes and informs the art work found in personal art journals so that you, too, can excavate your own work and/or other's work for inlaid data. 


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