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Blind men dance, 
unaware who watches, 
they create color 
with each note of air.
There are no cares in their world, 
only music, and dance.

Tom Atkins is a an artist, photographer, poet and writer based in West Pawlet, Vermont. His work has been featured in magazines, books, advertisements, marketing materials, galleries, shows and private collections. Atkins began creating art over thirty years ago, focusing on drawings - pen and ink, and pencil. Highly detailed, this work features castles, old buildings and landscapes, and surreal fantasy. His watercolors however, go in an entirely different vein. "My watercolors are like poems" says Atkins. "They are designed to capture an idea or feeling more than portray a specific place, person or thing. The challenge is to make the abstract tell an emotional story that is accessible to everyone, to cause something inside the...