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Hello, my name is Nathaniel, but I will go by Opiliones here, as that is the name I have chosen to represent my artistic endeavors. And that is what this is all about I guess, art, or something like that. 

I don't particularly consider myself an artist, but I do like to create art of all kind. Visual, written, music, etc. I do it almost entirely for my own pleasure, which, in some ways, may undermine the purpose of art, that being for it to be viewed by an audience. So maybe that is why I am doing this here. 

Why a blog? On blogger no less? Because it is relatively easy to use and, at this moment I really cannot see a need for anything fancier or more complex. If in when demand requires something with a bit more pizzazz and options, I'll consider moving, until then, this here will be fine.

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