Baltimore Office for the Promotion of the Arts mural submission for 436 e. LaFayette st.

collaboration with Maurice Blanco for Artscape Artcars '08

found outside the Load of Fun Gallery. Car was parked on the pavement just short of a week and then all cars were then scrapped. ours was a Ford Taurus if you can't tell.

virginfest '08 ; pimlico race track; baltimore, md

submission for the TRASHed festival event recycling program. alongside the recepticles they offered a bottle cash-in program offering everything from the festival's featured artist's CD to limited edition clothing.

commissioned classical labyrinth layout

this can be found @ the Near Haven Retreat Center in Upperco, MD. meditational walks are encouraged!
this is what is referred to as a seven circuit classical labyrinth. Near Haven is a spiritual center that promotes nature into a healty lifestyle.

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jerry 4 pr3sident Verizon Center 4-14-09

Front of the Line to Life's Lessoning

i've recently decided i have possibly supressed my world wide verbal presence to give my art the chance to speak for itself.  well arts & entertainment has become much more about the idea of personification, that art can no longer stand alone.  i guess i can accept that.  so in hopes to better personify my work, i will make an honest attempt towards revealing what/who Thomas Reed is.......

with this said you can now bypass the long line of life's observers and critics, and approach the front of the line.......and catch a glimpse what i have to say!  no disclaimers here!  

EVERYONE'S NATURAL INSTINCT UPON ADDRESSING A PROBLEM IS TO POINT FINGERS AT THE "SOURCE" OF THIS PROBLEM.  I CALL THIS THE QUOTA aka ESTIMATE  ISSUE.  MY REASON FOR THIS IS WHEN A PROBLEM CALLS ATTENTION TO ITSELF, WE HYPOTHESIZE THE "SOURCE/ENEMY" AND CREATE WAYS TO ERADICATE THE ENEMY AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE, AND IN A TIMELY MANNER. LIKE AN EXTERMINATOR.  BECAUSE THIS IS A NATURAL INSTINCT............IT BECOMES VERY REDUNDANT, AND ALSO NATURALLY WHEN AN ACT OR IMPULSE IS REPEATED, IT BECOMES MASTERED.  BUT THIS SIMPLY ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.  IT WOULD BE NICE IF EVERYTHING WAS DEVELOPED AND PERFECTED, BUT IT IS ALSO A GOOD THING THAT THERE IS SPONTANEITY IN THE WORLD BECAUSE THAT IS HOW OUR DREAMS COME TRUE OR ARE EVEN SURPASSED!

SO AFTER ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT CERTAIN DECISIONS HAVE TIME-SPANS OF RELEVANCE, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT TRADITIONS MAY YIELD A SATISFACTORY RESULT, BUT NEW AVENUES CAN AND SHOULD BE TRAVELED BECAUSE WE VERY WELL MAY REACH PERFECTION IF WE JUST BECOME AS EXPERIENCED AS POSSIBLE WITH THE CHART NAVIGATION OF DECISION-MAKING.

IN OTHER WORDS ADOPT NEW POLICIES.  THERE IS SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST UNEXPERIENCED WHINING.......THESE ARE MODERN ITEMS OF DEBILITATION!

THANK YOU,

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