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Lewis Raynes
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Hi, thoughtful poetry and confronting art..... and mathematics, are my interest. Have been writing, poetrying and painting for about 20 years and mathematicing for about 25. Of course we all have thoughts about random stuff often enough, I like putting those random thoughts into verse making sense or putting them on canvas to be a provoker. I prefer all styles of poetry depending upon my mood.

By the way, unless i state that a poem actually occurred to me, then they are all made up, fiction, whimsical, not true events, they are not biographies and only touch on uncomfortable topics to make the reader question things. I believe poetry has the ability to make us question our own morals intimately, like how the bard made us question suicide in Romeo and Juliet.

p.s. the bard didn't do suicide.

My art is   www.facebook.com/popartwagga

What I write in poetry does not necessarily reflect the opinions or morals of the NSW department of education...

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Blog Posted by Lewis Raynes: 4/10/2017 6:01:00 AM
Hi all, it just occurred to me, some of us have pics of ourselves, others have art forms. My thoughts are: Why do we choose ourselves or art? What image are we trying to give? Is this an expression of introvert or extrovert? Who are you behind this image? Why did we choose this? And... How often do we change these images?


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Date: 4/12/2017 9:53:00 AM
Hi Lewis, very interesting blog:) I think one chooses pictures according to what one thinks of himself or herself, as for me, I never thought a profile pic necessary :)
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Date: 4/10/2017 4:16:00 PM
Baa. Baaa, baa baa - baaa - baa baa; baaaa (baa baa), baaaaa.
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Doug Vinson
Date: 4/12/2017 6:57:00 PM
Sheep, or at least one sheep, became mythical in our family, Tom. : )
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Doug Vinson
Date: 4/11/2017 4:09:00 PM
I should have had my wife take a picture of me... Might as well put up the real deal...
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Agnes Krampe
Date: 4/10/2017 5:58:00 PM
We know that you are an extraordinarily dexterous and talented sheep, Doug :) Possibly a Narnian sheep.
Date: 4/10/2017 3:38:00 PM
yes I should change mine I was 62 when my avatar pic was taken I'll be 66 in a couple of weeks and now sport a go-te..but I'm like FJ just never gave it any thought..found out a long time ago that those concerned about their looks usually didn't have much of a personality..found them to be high maintenance generally speaking
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Date: 4/10/2017 11:39:00 AM
I will always hide behind my dragonflyas I want to be know for my writing and not how someone perceives I look - who knows if the avatars posted are real anyway:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 4/10/2017 7:58:00 AM
Lewis I use a self portrait drawing as it reflects my other hobby(art) and hopefully tells a little more of my bio.
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Date: 4/10/2017 7:04:00 AM
Great question. I am an extrovert and have a picture of myself, because I enjoy seeing how OTHER people look like! I like knowing more about the writer of a poem. Perhaps I shouldn't, and should let just the poem speak, without knowing anything about the writer - but I just like knowing a bit of background, and the pic is part of that. Some people have images of something else, and I often wish I knew what they looked like. The pic in my bio was taken while hiking, which is one of my favorite things to do and where I feel happy and get ideas for poetry. On other sites where I use a picture that is not myself I do so for privacy reasons.
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