*Jerome-K-Moore

With this online art community, we have a unique opportunity to connect with our kindred. We must avail ourselves of this experience, for it may never come again.

Well, we made it through one more span of 365, and now it's time for another wobbly spin round that flaming yellow ball of gas. I know it's impossible, but I swear it feels a little rough around that last corner turn, as if we've worn a rut in the cosmic road thereabouts.

2007 was a year of gains and losses, some typical, others poignant. I got a year younger (Yeah, it works that way with me. Deal with it. lol). I completed my first 12-month tour of duty here on the DA site, and I'm grateful to BroHawk for bringing me aboard. It has been a profound pleasure meeting the many kind folks online here. Some I actually met in person at the San Diego Comic Convention. Others I've chatted with in IM, and corresponded with by e-mail and real mail. In each case, it's been a privilege making friends from around the globe, and building a bridge of trust and warm affection.

A new year often inspires one to make resolutions, a customary rite, of sorts. I like the feeling of a fresh start, a chance to recommit to goals already reached for, and a bold determination to expand horizons, trying something new. I hope to post a lot more work here on DA, and make lots more friends who share a uniquely creative spark and passion.

2008. The curious and eager child in me looks forward to all the new things I'll learn this year. The responsible professional in me anticipates all the good work I'll get done. And the mischief-maker in me looks forward to what trouble I can get into, and what trouble I can gleefully make for everyone else.

Okay!!! Here we go....!!!