Stumbling on Nature's Secrets by Lionheart

The key  to life and health is the sun, one of nature's secrets. The center of all life on this planet is the sun which shines down on the oceans. The whales and sharks as well as the turtles can live a hundred years or more. They live in a natural environment, eating plankton and other food not from a supermarket. The large cat family only eats meat from the wild, and they live 30years and die.

The marine life is a longer span by far. When we eat meat, we lose life energy. Many argue that vegetarianism is not the way, but I've found it to be helpful for health and longevity at close to 100 years of age. Alzheimer's disease is on the rise from 5 million in this country.

Doctors don't know how to help people prevent this challenging health problem. Maybe we can stave off many illnesses and brain disorders with more attention to our nutrition and exercise programs from the first signs of imbalance. Keeping one's health is the best way to prevent losing it.

More to follow, but thanks for considering these points from a nice guy whose ten decades have given him plenty of insights and time to see the results of his own efforts and to process the ideas from many programs, books  and other people during his life journey thus far. Stay tuned (and stay fit or try to lose weight reasonably for better energy and prevention of dis-ease.)

An update from Lionheart about the human race: The human race is presently positioned in a path of self-destruction.  We have the atom bomb and several nations with the atom bomb along with others developing such weapons of mass destruction. If countries feel they have to keep such lethal weapons to be safe that's not reasonable.

The Japanese are still seeking ways to clean up the mess of the nuclear bombs that were dropped sixty years ago on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. My experience of Japan began about 14 years ago. I stayed there for October and November for about 7 years. On the weekends I would go to one of their department stores to sell my  artwork which would be on display.

Many of my prints were sold. That was a very active time while I was in my eighties. I received a beautiful letter from the boss himself who produced and sold the prints of my townscapes. I started travelling around the country shortly after 1951, going to Mexico for three winters where I sold oil paintings. Then I spread my wings and got an offer from Japan after exhibiting in trade shows. I had about 85 different towns and historic sites. I travelled up and down the Atlantic coastline, doing drawings of Savannah which was wonderful.

I did a lot of travelling. Even had a small trailer which we used to paint up and down the coast for a few weeks at a time. I'd  go all the way down to Key West, to the small islands attached to Florida. I spent about three months in Rome with a friend who was working for an American bank. He spoke Italian and we were good friends. That was about 1950. I did some painting after he showed me around Rome. I was able to take an Italian boat with natives who were a lively  bunch. The food was delicious and it was a good time of life.

The United States has a lot of variety and different types of communities. As a result of being in a trade show in New York and galleries buy my prints from me around the country, most of my art can be found in every state of the Union. I was earning about $35 thousand a year and did that for several years. It was enough to make me feel secure.

The country supported art in ways they are not doiing so much of now. There used to be a handful of galleries in this area but are hardly any now. Note; now there are sites like American Fine Art which offer online servcies to print any artwork on various objects (paper, cups, bags etc) which may prove to be another way to market one's art. It takes a lot of preparation to travel but as one deals with all that, the journey unfolds in positive ways.