Terry S. Amstutz
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Artist |
| Location | Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Introduction | The Truth: Person of mystery. Soul dancer. Quietness advocate. Invisibility promoter. Living, breathing paradox. [][][] [][][] The Facts: I was born in Wayne County and raised on the family farm located in Apple Creek, OH. I've always been drawn to the excitement and seemingly never-ending inspiration of an urban environment. This led me to make my home in the heart of Akron where I've lived since 1997. [] Having attended both Malone College and Kent State University. [] Photography was my entry into digital art. For me a photograph is more journalistic in nature. As I wrote in my book, “The photograph is the tabula rasa upon which I ‘paint’.” I want to get behind the obvious image and get between the ink and paper where the shapes, colors and tones of the photograph provide the "tools" for my creations. I seek to create the world I live in – not document it. |
| Interests | Art, Photography, Music, Film, Reading, Biking & Hiking. |
| Favorite movies | Any Film Noir, and just about anything from from the following directors: Wim Wenders, Akira Kurosawa, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock, Buster Keaton, Tom Tykwer, Yasujiro Ozu, F. W. Murnau, Krzystof Kieslowski, etc. |
| Favorite music | Nick Cave, Bruce Cockburn, Tom Waits, Einsturzende Neubauten, Cassandra Wilson, Patti Smith, Jim White, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Anything on Realworld records, Anything on ECM records. |
| Favorite books | Just about anything from the following authors: Orhan Pamuk, Umberto Eco, Alessandro Barrico, Noam Chomsky, William S. Burroughs, Samuel Beckett, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Dune series by Frank Herbert and his son Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson, Ayn Rand, Bible (the whole thing), Plus; the Tao Te Ching, the Dhammapada, Way of the Pilgrim, the Kabbala, Essential Rumi, Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Bhagavad-Gita, and other spiritual Classics.... |