Provide those who are struggling to change the world for the better (or to find ways to survive in the world the way it is, while finding ways to become part of that change) with articulated 1) vision of the world transformed, 2) tactics, & 3) joyful recognition of precisely what the situation is, especially the obstacles—&, whenever I am able to give & one of them is capable of receiving what I am able to give, nurture, & assist development, organization, & execution of tactics.

I write & produce art about the struggle of living with values that differ from the dominant, commercial, devious, recklessly exploitive, even violent—& homogeneously conventional—culture. I use stories, poems, songs, essays, posters.

By demanding of myself as much integrity as I am capable, I produce few completed works. But those, I insist on getting into the widest possible circulation—whether I find support for doing so, or not.

In this way, I hope to provoke a surprised re-consideration on the part of those who are not either totally intimidated or who have not completely invested their hearts & minds in the success of that which defeats others. And, for those thus re-considering, I offer advantageous understanding of the situation of those who break with what is widely expected—both in terms of difficulties to be expected & the rewards freely available to those who don't put themselves at odds with manifestation of the great spirit, in nature & in our fellow beings.

Productions to date:

Old Buzzard of No-Man's Land, book of poems, 1974, Coach House Press, 401 (rear) Huron, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Author has a few worn copies.)

Unraveling Smoke, 1975, book of stories, Antenna Strategy, East Palo Alto, California. (Author has a few worn copies.)

Solid and Sound, 1975, LP album of original songs, voice & guitar, Tick Crick Records, Lee's Summit, Missouri. (Copies occasionally still purchased in used record stores.)

The Into-Traffic "signs," posters on cloth, 1984-2000, list & description of available posters at $35 each available on request. (More than 1,475 of these posters have been displayed on 5 continents—the majority on American utility poles.)

How to Change the World Forever For Better, social philosophy, 1st edition (1990) gone, second edition (1994), 96 pages, available from Turnaround Artist Productions, 1803 County Road ZZ, De Pere, Wisconsin 54115, USA, for U.S. $10.

People I Met Hitchhiking On USA Highways, fiction/philosophy, 2001, available from Amazon.com or from Turnaround Artist Productions, 1803 County Road ZZ, De Pere, Wisconsin 54115, USA, for U.S. $15.

Poems for Uprising Ypsilanti Marlon Gillespie, 1997, 1999, 16-page booklet, available from Turnaround Artist Productions, 1803 County Road ZZ, De Pere, Wisconsin 54115, USA, for US $5.

Leaning Into the Storm, 2004, 16-page booklet of poems, available from Turnaround Artist Productions, 1803 County Road ZZ, De Pere, Wisconsin 54115, USA, for US $5.

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