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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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Doom and Gloom

Most humans have the awareness of their own death lurking in the back of their minds. Now we also have to worry about the death of the planet.

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Global Warming 2007

I was watching T.V. last night and heard Al Gore talking about the seriousness of Global Warming and the need to take immediate meaningful action. Al Gore was delivering his speech to the Kyoto Conference in Japan in 1997. I was watching this rerun on CSPAN's history channel.

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Star Tribune 2007

Review by Mary Abbe in the Minneapolis StarTribune, March 1, 2007. Wisconsin artist Steve Firkins continues his antic musings on art and life

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Art Hoping

I feel like I'm on the verge of emerging. I felt like this nine years ago. Nothing revolutionary happened. My life did not dramatically change. The art world hardly noticed.

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