The second path I have pursued recently is a spiritual path. After 39 years of anger, frustration, misdirected passion and selfishness, my art has shifted from anger and rage to contentment and, hopefully, wisdom. My Judaic pieces represent my personal manner and style of painting representational imagery in abstract space references. All my color theory is based upon a desire to create triadic harmonies and beautiful discord through my painting. I paint as if I were a jazz musician with a 17-piece band behind me. I “hear” the music in my head – I do not know how to transcribe the music so I paint. My musical studies were interrupted when I moved from Philadelphia in 1961 to Atlantic City . I had studied bass and drums in Philadelphia and Atlantic City needed an oboist in the school orchestra. I could not afford private bass lessons at that time. My internal rhythm is 1/8 note off the dance line. How the pigments are applied do not vary from my other painting styles. I use the same color palette for all my pieces. The underlying theme of my present collection is to balance hedonism with spirituality, selfishness with selflessness, and to push the limits of visual representations in support of absolute freedom of expression. My figurative works are just that – either one appreciates the painting or does not. I do not support any type of censorship, yet I can respect the "public rating" for "adult content." This is a good thing and maintains one's right to make a choice, without artistic restriction or First Amendment breaches.