1. Art & Music By Donald W. Larson Donald W. Larson CTM, CL August 2, 2006

2. The Paths of Art & Music My interest in music has its genesis in my youth when I sang in my church choir and later in my high school concert choir. I never did learn to play an instrument. Yet with the aid of my Macintosh, I am an arranger/composer of commercial musical compositions. Macintoshcommercial musical compositionsMacintoshcommercial musical compositions I discovered my latent artistic talent in January 1997. It was a surprise to me in many ways… artistic talent artistic talent Click mouse to continue

3. Expressions from Art, Part 1 In the first few years of my digital art creations, I hadn’t yet reached that inner-core of inspiration. My art was more simple then, less emotional input, more exploration of the software than the essence of my heart, mind, and soul. That began to change in the year 2000 when my mother passed away. Click mouse to continue

4. Expressions from Art, Part 2 I began to experience the merging of emotional grief with a need to convey those feelings without words. In such circumstances, words don’t exist to express oneself properly. express oneself properlyexpress oneself properly Towards the end of 2000, a dramatic life- changing event touched me deeply. life- changing event life- changing event From that point onward, my art became a conduit of humanity, for me, for many others. Click mouse to continue

5. Expressions from Music As a digital arranger/composer, my music creations provide one more way to communicate what I feel. Some of my tunes are more intense than others. Some were created based on the inspiration of others I know as best friends or soul mates. soul mates soul mates I offer my music to the world as mp3’s without charge from my web site, Time Out Of Mind. Time Out Of MindTime Out Of Mind Click mouse to continue

6. Convergence I’ve reached a point in my life where the expression of my life experiences converge through my art, music, and writing. life experiences life experiences Those individual talents were once unrecognized within me. One by one, an inner-calling revealed and awakened them. Now those individual elements are joined. Words, digital designs, and, sequences of notes form a singularity within my Spirit. Click mouse to continue

7. The End Thank you for your time! Click your mouse- button to end this presentation. Don Larson dwlarson@mac.com www.timeoutofmind.com Photo copyright © 2003 by Donald W. Larson