Written by Jim Kogelheide
March 18, 2003
Kentville, Nova Scotia

GREETINGS, AND WELCOME TO MY NEW WEB PAGE AND CYBERSPACE CONTACT. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND THIS WEB SITE EASY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH, AND YOU WILL RETURN, AGAIN AND AGAIN, TO SEE ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WILL APPEAR OVER THE MANY YEARS TO COME. I HAVE BEGUN THIS WEB SITE WITH A "MAIN MENU" THAT FOLLOWS MY JOURNEY, AS AN ARTIST, IN A CHRONOLOGICAL TIME PATH. HOWEVER, IN SOME INSTANCES, MANY EXPERIENCES WERE OVERLAPPING (OR HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME), SO THE LISTING OF THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS WAS DETERMINED BY THE BIRTH OF EACH NEW ENDEAVOUR. CONTAINED WITHIN THIS WEB SITE YOU WILL FIND PUZZLES, MAZES AND STIK-ERS, ALONG WITH MANY POEMS, STORIES AND ART PEACES; INCLUDING A NEW AND EXCITING ART FORM THAT I HAVE NAMED KINEMATION. NOT FOR SALE IT WAS A LITTLE OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN I DISCOVERED (OR OPENED INTO) THE REALIZATION OF MY TALENTS: AS AN INDIVIDUAL, AN ARTIST...A SPOKESMAN FOR PEACE. IT BECAME MY AMBITION TO SHARE OF MYSELF WITH THE WORLD, THE TALENTS THAT ARE HEREDITARY WITHIN MY SPIRIT, AS I GROW WITH THIS LIFE, HERE ON EARTH. DURING THE CREATION OF THIS WEB SITE I FOUND (WITHIN MY BOXES AND BOXES OF DRAWINGS, NOTES, ETC.) A LETTER THAT I HAD WRITTEN, MANY YEARS AGO, TO A WONDERFUL PERSON, WHO FILLED ME WITH ENCOURAGEMENT. WITHIN THIS LETTER I HEARD AN ECHO FROM MY PAST THAT STILL RINGS TRUE TODAY. "...I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GIFT FOR EXPRESSION AND I LONG TO SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD. AS OPPOSED TO TEACHING, COERCING OR EVEN BADGERING OTHERS, I FEEL THAT BY SHARING MY DREAMS A GREAT REALIZATION WILL UNFOLD FOR ALL TO CELEBRATE. THE DRAWINGS THAT I HAVE CREATED WERE A GIFT TO ME, TO SHOW ME WHO I AM AND WHERE I BELONG. CAN I PUT A PRICE ON THIS AND MY GIFT? IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I FEEL THIS GIFT, WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED, SHOULD, IN TURN,BECOME MY GIFT TO ALL OTHERS..." (1996) IT IS WITH THIS INSPIRATION THAT I OFFER TO YOU...FOR FREE...THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, IDEALS AND IMAGINATION. THERE IS ONLY ONE PRICE FOR ADMISSION ON THIS "PEACE TRAIN", AND THAT IS SIMPLY YOUR TIME. SO... ENJOY ALL THAT I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU. I HOPE THAT THIS WEB SITE WILL OFFER, TO YOU, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT UPON THE REALIZATION THAT AS INDIVIDUALS, WE CAN FEEL EMPOWERED TO EXPRESS OURSELVES AND OUR DREAMS IN ANY WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE.