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Artist Scott Bauer utilizes his unique style of word art to guide the reader through a beautiful and spiritually enlightening journey into the world of values and ideals that unite us as a species. In a world that is increasingly polarized, this book challenges the reader to think about fundamental concepts we all value and how these concepts relate to a global society. This compendium is more than just a pretty coffee table art book. Visually stunning art and carefully chosen thought-provoking quotes combine to present the reader with an emotionally impactful read that one will want to enjoy again and again.

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Throughout my life I was driven by one insatiable need, to acquire new knowledge and new skills. I wanted to know what made things tick. Not just mechanical things, but everything from atoms and molecules to the rise and fall of civilizations. Even as a child I had an annoying habit of disassembling my new toys within a day or two of receiving them, much to my parents dismay. Along the way I have been a builder, a mechanic, a teacher, a pilot, a restauranteur, a scientist, an engineer, an inventor, an entrepreneur, a writer, a philosopher, a gardener, a traveler, a student of the human condition, and now, an artist. I have become the quintessential Renaissance man in every definition of the word. I never thought of myself as an artist. I was not one who was prone to doodling or sketching. The last time I picked up a paintbrush was in grade school watercolor class. Late in life I came upon a set of circumstances that revealed a hidden talent I did not know I had; the ability to produce beautiful art. My art reflects many aspects of the things done in my life. I see things in terms of straight lines, perfectly round circles, solid colors, and hard edges. When ideas come to me, they come in the form of two dimensional images, perfectly drawn. I live in a world consisting of circles, squares, triangles, lines, and arcs. There seems to be an almost spiritual purity in the things I create. Pythogoras, the father of geometry started a religion based on geometry and the perfection of mathematics as the language of the universe. In like manner, I see perfection in these basic forms and create works of art based on combinations of primitive shapes and colors to produce compositions that stimulate both the analytical and emotional sides of the brain. No two people see exactly the same thing in my art. Like looking at clouds, what you see depends entirely on your own visual perception. I am not above leading the viewer a bit. I cannot resist the temptation to throw in numbers, symbols, mathematical relationships, and other hidden goodies to keep the art public guessing why I did what I did and what it all means. I found that I could use my art as a platform to present complex societal issues in a very different way. The art of inspiration project was begun to do just that. Beautiful art is designed around key words utilized to promote consideration of complex societal issues involving stereotypes, bigotry, and hate, and to remind the reader that we actually have much more in common as a species than we have things that differentiate us.

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