So here it is. I have lived in New York, I have lived in New Orleans, I have traveled through Europe, I have...well....I’ve been around. And I realized during my travels how quickly one becomes a teeny tiny fish in that big huge pond. So I love this city. I believe in it. It’s real. It’s raw. It’s honest. It’s even a bit cosmopolitan. And it’s just sheltered enough to protect us sensitive artists from the harsh realities of those big bad cities. It is a town located in a region, located in a state, located in a country, that has too much and consumes too much. We allow too much, we ignore too much, and we help too little. The artists flock here. They have always flocked here. And everybody knows....the artists know. After all, how many places are there in the world where you can be a medium sized fish? Not too big. Not too small. Just right.

Welcome to the site! I was poking around the web pages in your profile. You seem like an interesting person. I hope you post often.

There is another user on the site in your area. Groton, on the other side of the river from New London. However, she doesn't post that often these days. I need to bug her to pop back up again..

I was up in that area last year, but I did not have a chance to check out New London in any depth. I liked the feel of the town though. It's always good to hear about successful places for artists to convene. All the best art seems to come out of "scenes" where there is a lot of interconnection between the people. Cross inspiration.. Something like that.

When growing up in New Jersey, I spent much of my time hanging out and working in the strip of coast between Asbury Park and Belmar. The area was loaded with artists that didn't really have much of an outlet. There, things rallied around print zines. The most popular of the undergound zines had a website as well.. We recently resurrected it and put it back online. We even managed to do it at it's original address. Both the zine and the zine's website is no longer updated.. But it's there for the history of it..

RE: A history lesson (sort of)