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Chuck Berk
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"Turning matter into spirit."

Gordon Lakes, NJ, USA
male, age 109
committed relationship
Contemporary Visual Artist
Speaks: English
Joined Sep 27, 2002
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Activities: Painting, Drawing/Sketching, Museums, Meditation, Yoga


 
National Art Award...
I'm honored to be the recipient of the "Judy & Elias Newman Memorial Award" presented by the National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylics.
My painting "NY Spice" was on exhibit at the NSPC&A's 53rd annual show at the Binney & Smith Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
 
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Joined Sep 27, 2002 Activist Aspirations undeclared 
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Groups Artists and Writers - Working for Humanity, Cat Lovers, Dog Lovers
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Homepage http://berkart.blogspot.com/  
Birthday Jan 01, 1900  
Languages English  
About Me I offer you this beautiful Buddhist parable...
The Nun Chiyono studied for years but was unable to find enlightenment. One moonlight night she was carrying an old pail, filled with water. She was watching the full moon reflecting in this water, when the bamboo strip that held the pail-staves broke. The pail fell all apart; the water rushed out; the moon's reflection disappeared. And Chiyono found enlightenment. She wrote this verse:
This way and that way
I tried to keep the pail together
Hoping the weak bamboo
Would never break.
Suddenly the bottom fell out:
No more water:
Emptiness in my hand!
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Pets Cat, Dog  
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Religions Spiritualist  
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Wild Fact About Me I'm a recluse, living in a conservation forest, with bears, but no neighbors.
My Philosophy Listen to all; follow none!
What Gives Me Hope “We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye if we measure our lives against eternity. So it may be asked, what value is there to a human life? ...the blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. A span of life is nothing. But the person who lives the span is something. A person can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable, though its quantity may be significant. An individual’s life must be filled with meaning; meaning is not automatically given to life. It is hard to fill one’s life with meaning. A life with meaning is worthy of rest.”
~~ Chaim Potok 1929~2002
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Quotation "We are all one substance involved in the same terrible struggle, turning matter into spirit." ... Zorba the Greek
Interests The human condition, sailing, skiing, hiking, biking, bonsai, etc., Art/Design  
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Bear Facts
(Oct 24) As you can see, I live in black bear country...Northern NJ: This Autumn a family of bears decided to play on my front lawn. So I gr... more »
National Art Award 2006
(Sep 11) National Society Of Painters In Casein & Acrylics (NSPCA) Sept. 1st award presentation of the Judy & Elias Newman Memorial Award at the... more »
National Art Award - 2006
(Aug 1) I'm very pleased to inform all that I'm to be the honored recipient of the 2006 Judy & Elias Newman Memorial Award presented by the..... more »
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