"INSPIRED BY NOT HAVING TO BE INSPIRED"
by JTK.CA
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I'm inspired by the fact that I "don't have to" be inspired. I've been retired on Disability pensions for my Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) since 2004. Not having the pressures of work or finding work lets my creativity flow freely. I share my Creations online http://JTK.CA and it is mainly because I "don't" have to. If I were being an artist for a living, I think I'd just move into procrastination mode and starve to death. Obligations (with my OCD) cause me so much stress, that I have as few obligations as possible in my life, so that I can just go with the flow, peacefully. The thing I love about sharing my art is that I "don't have to." ;-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
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TAD'S NOTE: "INSPIRED BY NOT HAVING TO BE INSPIRED" was inspired by the inspirational Zoë Scott http://ZoeScott.com who asked me what inspired me.
Inspirationally yours ;-)
Tad
http://JTK.CA
NudistPoet
2010-02-07
2010-01-31
"PLEASE BUY MY OFFICIAL T-SHIRT" ::: © JTK.CA
"PLEASE BUY MY OFFICIAL T-SHIRT"
by JTK.CA
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http://CafePress.com/TadCreations
http://CafePress.com/TadCreations
If you appreciate my Creative Adventures,
please buy my official T-Shirt at my store
http://CafePress.com/TadCreations
Thanks! :-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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http://CafePress.com/TadCreations
http://CafePress.com/TadCreations
If you appreciate my Creative Adventures,
please buy my official T-Shirt at my store
http://CafePress.com/TadCreations
Thanks! :-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
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2010-01-23
"STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: COLLAGE" ::: © JTK.CA
"STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: COLLAGE"
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
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"LUNAR POSTER" ::: © JTK.CA
"LUNAR POSTER"
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
2010-01-19
"MISTER TWISTER" ::: © JTK.CA
"MISTER TWISTER"
by JTK.CA
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This is my photo of Mr. Stevens, my high school principal, playing twister, back in the mid-1980's. I love going through boxes of my old photos! ;-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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This is my photo of Mr. Stevens, my high school principal, playing twister, back in the mid-1980's. I love going through boxes of my old photos! ;-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
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2010-01-16
"LIGHT POLE" ::: © JTK.CA
"LIGHT POLE"
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
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TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
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2010-01-15
"TAD BY FENCE WITH ORANGE FLOWERS" ::: © JTK.CA
"TAD BY FENCE WITH ORANGE FLOWERS"
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
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2010-01-11
"DREAMLAND: THE SCHOOL OF MY SPIRIT" ::: © JTK.CA
"DREAMLAND: THE SCHOOL OF MY SPIRIT"
by JTK.CA
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In my sleep I had a vision
Of a nine-year-old boy lighting up a cigarette
And taking a puff.
He was nine, but more like ninety,
With his grizzled face and a blodshot eye.
His chin was split down the middle
And dangling in the smoky breeze.
I took him aside and said,
You know, you're only nine...
Not really old enough to make the decision to smoke.
He just looked back at my face
With the wisdom of a child,
But I was forty-two and clueless.
Now awake,
I realize what the child was looking at --
My smooth-yet-grizzled bottom lip.
Before I entered Dreamland,
The school of my spirt,
I had been sitting, watching TV,
While quite contentedly using my fingernails
To pick the skin off my bottom lip
Until its smoothness met with my satisfaction,
And then licking the blood off my fingers.
Nothing bugs me more than flaky-pie-crust bottom lip,
And nothing feels so good as picking it to smoothness.
I do it every couple of days,
And I've done it since I was a child.
The smoking child in my dream
Could see through his smoke,
Straight through, to my hypocrisy,
Thinking,
"How dare you lecture me,
With your smoothly torn bottom lip,
So smooth, yet, oddly, two shades of red.
How dare you lecture me on my disintegrating chin
And on my habit of smoking."
The child was wrong to smoke, but right about me.
We all have something we know is bad for us,
That we can't resist, because it feels so good...
Masochistic as that pleasure can be.
We learn the limits of our danger
And tell ourselves, we'll do it "safely."
But in the end, we all disintegrate in a grave
We brought upon ourselves.
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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In my sleep I had a vision
Of a nine-year-old boy lighting up a cigarette
And taking a puff.
He was nine, but more like ninety,
With his grizzled face and a blodshot eye.
His chin was split down the middle
And dangling in the smoky breeze.
I took him aside and said,
You know, you're only nine...
Not really old enough to make the decision to smoke.
He just looked back at my face
With the wisdom of a child,
But I was forty-two and clueless.
Now awake,
I realize what the child was looking at --
My smooth-yet-grizzled bottom lip.
Before I entered Dreamland,
The school of my spirt,
I had been sitting, watching TV,
While quite contentedly using my fingernails
To pick the skin off my bottom lip
Until its smoothness met with my satisfaction,
And then licking the blood off my fingers.
Nothing bugs me more than flaky-pie-crust bottom lip,
And nothing feels so good as picking it to smoothness.
I do it every couple of days,
And I've done it since I was a child.
The smoking child in my dream
Could see through his smoke,
Straight through, to my hypocrisy,
Thinking,
"How dare you lecture me,
With your smoothly torn bottom lip,
So smooth, yet, oddly, two shades of red.
How dare you lecture me on my disintegrating chin
And on my habit of smoking."
The child was wrong to smoke, but right about me.
We all have something we know is bad for us,
That we can't resist, because it feels so good...
Masochistic as that pleasure can be.
We learn the limits of our danger
And tell ourselves, we'll do it "safely."
But in the end, we all disintegrate in a grave
We brought upon ourselves.
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
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2010-01-10
"BECAUSE" ::: © JTK.CA
"BECAUSE"
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
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TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
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Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
"PIVOT POINT" ::: © JTK.CA
"PIVOT POINT"
by JTK.CA
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Christ died to transform me, not to relabel me.
Jesus on the cross is the pivot point of history.
Like the hands on a clock meet in the center,
He is the Alpha and Omega, beginning and end.
"In him all things hold together." (Colossians 1:17 {NIV})
Whether we like it or not,
Christ is the standard of GOOD,
and EVIL is simply anything that misses that standard.
We are all off-target archers,
So He did the only thing He could do.
He became the target on a cross of shame,
Two crossed beams of wood from
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
He was the standard of BEAUTY,
But willingly became a shamefully naked man
Slaughtered on a hideous tilted X
To cancel out our naked shame.
Adam failed us.
Christ redeemed us.
God accepts us,
Unless we reject Christ.
God raised Christ from the dead
To confirm that Christ's final words, "It is finished,"
Would be transformed into "the beginning."
The cross is empty,
And because of Christ's love,
Our lives are full.
Alpha and Omega,
Name above every name --
Christ is our victory.
Christ's cross is the pivot point of history.
Before the cross,
Sacrifice of a blemish-free animal was a foreshadowing of the cross.
Now, the Eucharist is a remembrance of the cross.
They were two roads crossing at the same pivot point of history --
Christ crucified.
I've spent my whole life trying to label myself --
An exercise in futility.
The world has tried to label me and reject my labels.
But Christ died to transform me, not to relabel me.
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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Christ died to transform me, not to relabel me.
Jesus on the cross is the pivot point of history.
Like the hands on a clock meet in the center,
He is the Alpha and Omega, beginning and end.
"In him all things hold together." (Colossians 1:17 {NIV})
Whether we like it or not,
Christ is the standard of GOOD,
and EVIL is simply anything that misses that standard.
We are all off-target archers,
So He did the only thing He could do.
He became the target on a cross of shame,
Two crossed beams of wood from
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
He was the standard of BEAUTY,
But willingly became a shamefully naked man
Slaughtered on a hideous tilted X
To cancel out our naked shame.
Adam failed us.
Christ redeemed us.
God accepts us,
Unless we reject Christ.
God raised Christ from the dead
To confirm that Christ's final words, "It is finished,"
Would be transformed into "the beginning."
The cross is empty,
And because of Christ's love,
Our lives are full.
Alpha and Omega,
Name above every name --
Christ is our victory.
Christ's cross is the pivot point of history.
Before the cross,
Sacrifice of a blemish-free animal was a foreshadowing of the cross.
Now, the Eucharist is a remembrance of the cross.
They were two roads crossing at the same pivot point of history --
Christ crucified.
I've spent my whole life trying to label myself --
An exercise in futility.
The world has tried to label me and reject my labels.
But Christ died to transform me, not to relabel me.
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
2010-01-07
"THREE DUDES" ::: © JTK.CA
"THREE DUDES"
by JTK.CA
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KETCHEN Brothers 2009: Left to Right: Tad (me), Mike, & Steve
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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KETCHEN Brothers 2009: Left to Right: Tad (me), Mike, & Steve
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
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Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
2010-01-05
"EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW / THIEF IN THE NIGHT" ::: © JTK.CA
"EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW / THIEF IN THE NIGHT"
by JTK.CA
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"EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW / THIEF IN THE NIGHT" ::: © JTK.CA
by JTK.CA
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"EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW / THIEF IN THE NIGHT" ::: © JTK.CA
Philippians 2:9-11, King James Version
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
2010-01-04
"MOTHER" ::: © JTK.CA
"MOTHER"
by JTK.CA
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She brought us into the Saviour's Earth
As we shared in His human birth
And she shared in Mary's pain and love
For each newborn future of the world
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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She brought us into the Saviour's Earth
As we shared in His human birth
And she shared in Mary's pain and love
For each newborn future of the world
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
2010-01-03
"AUTUMN LEAF PARTY" a.k.a. "VOYEUR" ::: © JTK.CA
"AUTUMN LEAF PARTY" a.k.a. "VOYEUR"
by JTK.CA
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Look closely. There is an autumn leaf voyeur peeking through the venetian blinds into the autumn leaf party ;-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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Look closely. There is an autumn leaf voyeur peeking through the venetian blinds into the autumn leaf party ;-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
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"GRAINY" ::: © JTK.CA (Like anyone would steal it)
"GRAINY"
by JTK.CA
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a grain of salt
a grain of sand
a grain of what we understand
a grain of truth
a grain of deception
the grain between my teeth
the grain stuck in my throat
a grain left behind in the sword's sheath
a grain of time
a grain of sound
just one grain away from one full pound
a grain within my brain
says strain
and find a meaning to these words
but all I hear
is the grating of grains
like sandpaper in my head
meaning has fled
these words just won't be told what to mean
they want to run free
between the grains in my brain
like poppy seeds on the bun that tops my head
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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a grain of salt
a grain of sand
a grain of what we understand
a grain of truth
a grain of deception
the grain between my teeth
the grain stuck in my throat
a grain left behind in the sword's sheath
a grain of time
a grain of sound
just one grain away from one full pound
a grain within my brain
says strain
and find a meaning to these words
but all I hear
is the grating of grains
like sandpaper in my head
meaning has fled
these words just won't be told what to mean
they want to run free
between the grains in my brain
like poppy seeds on the bun that tops my head
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
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"MENTAL FLOTSAM" ::: © JTK.CA
"MENTAL FLOTSAM"
by JTK.CA
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I may look normal to you, but I am disabled. I have an invisible disability, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), invisible that is, unless you're paying close attention to things like my obsessive checking of the table, chairs, and under them, when I leave a restaurant, to make sure I've not left anything behind. The cannister of moist towelettes that accompanies me everywhere is probably a dead giveaway too.
I used to also be tormented a lot by obsessive thoughts repeating themselves over and over again, however, I've come up with a technique that "usually" helps me conquer them. You know the floaters that you notice every once in a while, in the middle of your visual field, just sort of floating around without a care in the world, not realizing those little debris flotsam are annoying the heck out of you? Well, I keep my obsessive mental ramblings from getting me down by saying, "It's just MENTAL FLOTSAM," and going about my day. It really helps me, and I hope it helps you too, whether or not you have OCD. Next time you can't get that song out of your head, just remind yourself that, like those floaters on your eye, that song obstructing your other thoughts is "just mental flotsam." Then, with the attitude adjustment, the song may leave you alone, because you've refused to let it torture you. It's like James 4:7 (KJV) says, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." (http://bible.cc/james/4-7.htm)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
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Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
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I may look normal to you, but I am disabled. I have an invisible disability, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), invisible that is, unless you're paying close attention to things like my obsessive checking of the table, chairs, and under them, when I leave a restaurant, to make sure I've not left anything behind. The cannister of moist towelettes that accompanies me everywhere is probably a dead giveaway too.
I used to also be tormented a lot by obsessive thoughts repeating themselves over and over again, however, I've come up with a technique that "usually" helps me conquer them. You know the floaters that you notice every once in a while, in the middle of your visual field, just sort of floating around without a care in the world, not realizing those little debris flotsam are annoying the heck out of you? Well, I keep my obsessive mental ramblings from getting me down by saying, "It's just MENTAL FLOTSAM," and going about my day. It really helps me, and I hope it helps you too, whether or not you have OCD. Next time you can't get that song out of your head, just remind yourself that, like those floaters on your eye, that song obstructing your other thoughts is "just mental flotsam." Then, with the attitude adjustment, the song may leave you alone, because you've refused to let it torture you. It's like James 4:7 (KJV) says, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." (http://bible.cc/james/4-7.htm)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
2009-12-24
"YOU PROMISED ME THE MOON" ::: © JTK.CA
"YOU PROMISED ME THE MOON"
by JTK.CA
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You promised me the moon,
Then took away my rocket.
You sang a lovely tune,
But now I'm paying out of pocket.
So much for anything
That ties me to this planet.
But now I'm stranded here,
With my map to the stars
Forever out of reach.
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
(519) 780-1057 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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TAD'S NOTE: This poem was published in the premiere issue of "WHAT IF?" (Canada's Fiction Magazine for Teens). I was credited as Tad Ketchen, my middle and last names. Famous children's author Robert Munsch also had a poem published in the same issue, so now I've had the honour of being published with Robert Munsch. Cool! He and I both live in Guelph (pronounced "Gwelf"), Ontario, Canada, eh?
by JTK.CA
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You promised me the moon,
Then took away my rocket.
You sang a lovely tune,
But now I'm paying out of pocket.
So much for anything
That ties me to this planet.
But now I'm stranded here,
With my map to the stars
Forever out of reach.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
(519) 780-1057 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
TAD'S NOTE: This poem was published in the premiere issue of "WHAT IF?" (Canada's Fiction Magazine for Teens). I was credited as Tad Ketchen, my middle and last names. Famous children's author Robert Munsch also had a poem published in the same issue, so now I've had the honour of being published with Robert Munsch. Cool! He and I both live in Guelph (pronounced "Gwelf"), Ontario, Canada, eh?
"Moon Photo: GOING HOME" ::: © JTK.CA
"Moon Photo: GOING HOME"
by JTK.CA
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More of my moon photography can be seen on my
http://bit.ly/LunarPhotography
blog.
Enjoy! :-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More of my moon photography can be seen on my
http://bit.ly/LunarPhotography
blog.
Enjoy! :-)
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
2009-12-23
"I NEED A WIFE FOR CHRISTMAS" ::: © JTK.CA
"I NEED A WIFE FOR CHRISTMAS"
by JTK.CA
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I need a wife for Christmas.
I need someone to hold.
I need to find my better half
Before my half is old.
I have so many female friends.
I am really blest,
But where's the one to hold me
And share my empty nest?
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
(519) 780-1057 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
by JTK.CA
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I need a wife for Christmas.
I need someone to hold.
I need to find my better half
Before my half is old.
I have so many female friends.
I am really blest,
But where's the one to hold me
And share my empty nest?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
(519) 780-1057 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
2009-12-21
"FELLOW ALAN PARSONS JUNKIES" ::: © JTK.CA
"FELLOW ALAN PARSONS JUNKIES"
by JTK.CA
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This is me (Tad) with my Toronto best friend Steve Martin. We became friends in the early 1990's since we were both and still are junkies for the music of ALAN PARSONS. Since becoming friends, Steve even became friends, himself, with Alan Parsons. Steve created and runs the official ALAN PARSONS fan site (http://TheAvenueOnline.info). Steve and I were both very saddened that Eric Woolfson of THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT died in early December 2009. Eric co-wrote all THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT music with Alan, and often sang lead vocals. The music group used several different lead vocalists.
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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
by JTK.CA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is me (Tad) with my Toronto best friend Steve Martin. We became friends in the early 1990's since we were both and still are junkies for the music of ALAN PARSONS. Since becoming friends, Steve even became friends, himself, with Alan Parsons. Steve created and runs the official ALAN PARSONS fan site (http://TheAvenueOnline.info). Steve and I were both very saddened that Eric Woolfson of THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT died in early December 2009. Eric co-wrote all THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT music with Alan, and often sang lead vocals. The music group used several different lead vocalists.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
JTK.CA = Tad's Pen Name & "MAIN" Blog
TadCreations.com = Tad's "My Blogs" Listing (Art, Poems, Photos, Stories, etc.)
NudistPoet.com = Tad's HQ, Bio, Nudist Christian Beliefs, and "Clothing Optional" Digital Stage
NudeCreations.com = Tad's "NAKED" Universe
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (JTK.CA)
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