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Every man-made thing made is an artifact.

I make artifacts. I aspire to make art.

Art is an artifact of pure consciousness celebrating itself.

The format of the word, artifact, is tremendously suggestive: art is linked to fact by an i. The i represents the creative consciousness.

My i is no longer young. This little it has concluded:

Most don’t notice. Some look. Fewer observe. Fewer still see. Hardly any think it really matters. It matters.

Much is not clear. Much that is clear now will prove to be an illusion, later. Conversely, the illusory is generally clearer and more easily known than that which passes for certainty.

The artifacts on this site record what my i has observed. I received them as gifts and offer them in the same spirit.

No one has played a more important role in my quest to see than the artist, William Girard, my teacher, mentor and friend. His life and work are a constant joy and source of inspiration.

My comments about art and other artists may be viewed at www.sitekreator.com/gsmichaels. Please forward comments or inquiries to gsmnem@gmail. com.