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The horizon, the hills and valleys, the flow of water, the shape of rocks, plants and animals, and the human figure are composed of curves. Nature is curved with few exceptions. The straight lined, angular, man-made world sharply contrasts with the natural world.  

Curvism seeks to move out of the square, rectangular, cubed world and into the sphere of the curved line, the circle and the ellipse.

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GOD AND THE SCIENTIST
Writings Steve Firkins Writings Steve Firkins

GOD AND THE SCIENTIST

God came to Earth in a spaceship. God had been traveling a long, long time, looking for the perfect place to live. He was on a journey looking for Heaven. While searching for Heaven, God discovered Earth.

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Winter 2011
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Winter 2011

I am an artist. There are many other things that I am but my main source of adult identity has come from being an artist. But what is an artist and who determines who is an artist?

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Workers’ Capitalism
Writings Steve Firkins Writings Steve Firkins

Workers’ Capitalism

By spreading the wealth more to workers, they consume more, save more, and become investors and stock owners. Eventually more money circulates through the economy creating continued coordinated sustained growth in the economy, jobs, and the stock market, that benefits all, not just the rich.

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Biography
Writings, Gallery Steve Firkins Writings, Gallery Steve Firkins

Biography

I was born in 1954 during the great American baby boom. I grew up in Blue Earth, Minnesota, on the gently rolling plains in the south central part of the state. I was deeply affected by the vast expanse of ever changing earth and sky.

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Artist Statement
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Artist Statement

Curvism seeks to move out of the square, rectangular, cubed world and into the sphere of the curved line, the circle and the ellipse.

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It’s Still Not too Late
Writings Steve Firkins Writings Steve Firkins

It’s Still Not too Late

Woe is me. Oh, the world of buying and selling. Is there no escape?

I look out my window. I see blue sky and colored leaves. It’s still a beautiful day. I think I’ll return to the woods and take my family with me. It’s still not too late.

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Jesus the Economist
Writings Steve Firkins Writings Steve Firkins

Jesus the Economist

Our current capitalistic system is immoral. Capitalism has corrupted human nature and is killing the planet. We can no longer afford this type of economy. Capitalism as we know it is ending. The economic philosophy of Jesus offers us a new way forward.

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Off the Road
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Off the Road

I love to get out of the cubical world and into the light. I love to see my shadow. I am my shadow and my shadow is me. We are connected. When I see my shadow I know I am alive and standing in the light. My shadow and I are dependent on the light for our existence. Without light, we die.

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My dog is my Zen Master
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My dog is my Zen Master

I love the way my dog seems so alive, awake and aware when we go into the woods, to the river. He is such an animal. I’m stuck being human. I’ve forgotten my animal nature. It has been almost completely programmed out of me by our modern, computerized, commercialized consumer culture.

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Into the Woods

Again my dog and I go out into the woods; me to escape my job working in a basement office cubicle under fluorescent lights behind a computer screen; my dog to escape the confines of being a domesticated house dog. We go to the woods seeking the wild.

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Election 2008 Begins

I believe America is ready for its next unstoppable revolution in democracy. Will this be the year the non-voters elect themselves as representatives of American democracy and overthrow the rich and powerful controllers of America's government?

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