I flew into Johannesburg, and one of the tours I took was to Soweto, the famous grouping of townships where blacks were forced to live under apartheid, and which many have not yet managed to escape. It is difficult to deal with the visions of what people have to live like, but they have very much pulled together and work hard to make life better for each and every person. Their concept of social unity and concern should be a lesson for the rest of the world.
After a nearly four decade career as a railroad engineer for the BNSF railroad, I am retraining myself for a full time retirement career as an artist. The mediums that are resonating with me are printmaking and sculpture, and how to present them in new ways representing today's world.
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