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Joe Girard
Artist | Varied
Canada
As an actor, I've performed for the queen of England. As a film-maker, I've participated in several film festivals, placing first in the Toronto Art Festival 2006, in the digital film category. As a zen gardener, my designs have appeared in the Absorb art show. My poems and short stories have been published in journals and magazines across north America, on and offline. On devART I've received one Daily Literature Deviation commendation for the poem Self-Made Men, and one for The 1998 Housefire At 198 Wentworth Street South. And my music has appeared on radio stations and at concert halls in numerous countries across North America and Europe. I've written music for the bands Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers, Hobo Sapiens, Uvenburd, and my eponymous solo project. An upcoming anthology of short stories, In the Wings, focusing on women forgotten by history, will include my short The Changeling (unavailable on devART, sorry :3). In the Wings will be published by Seraphim Editions and will be available later this year.
These are my websites (so far):
My music
[link]Download my album www.reverbnation.com/joegirard
My Experimental music www.myspace.com/microchiptattoo
My old band www.myspace.com/uvenburd
My CBC Radio profile
[link]Current Residence: Ottawa
Favourite genre of music: Percussive
Favourite photographer: Edward Burtynsky maybe.
Favourite style of art: Nature Art
Favourite cartoon character: Calvin. Or Homestar Runner.
Personal Quote: Familiarity breeds birth defects.
Interests
Favorite visual artist
Andy Goldsworthy, Maya Lin, Max Ernst, Bacon, Munch, Dali, Goya, Blake, Sigismondi, Delvaux, Fuseli, Burtynsky, Giger, Crumb, Ryden, Harder, Frazetta, Gorey, Addams, Gehry, Piranesi, Amano, Redon, Bosch, Dore, Burton, Brom.
Favorite movies
Princess Bride. LotR. Spirited Away. Big Lebowski. Kill Bill. The Shawshank Redemption. 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould. Election. Adaptation. 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Favorite TV shows
MST3K, Six Feet Under, Dexter, Game of Thrones, Flight of the Conchords, SNL, Oz, RahXephon, Samurai Champloo, The Up Series, 30 Rock, True Blood, Connections, The Simpsons, Big Love, Black Adder, Firefly, Monk, X-Files, Tales From The Crypt, Star Trek.
Favorite bands / musical artists
Tom Waits, Radiohead, Nobuo Uematsu, Sigur Ros, Daft Punk, Vangelis, The Decemberists, Jo Hisaishi, Danny Elfman, Koji Kondo, CAKE, REM, Yann Tiersen, Deep Forest, Moby, Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Regina Spektor, Wax Mannequin, Angelo Badalementi, Weird Al.
Favorite books
Tao Te Ching, Leviathan (Jens Harder), Blankets, Bone, Death Note, Fun Home, Narn i Hin Hurin, Game of Thrones, Choke, Siddhartha, Sandman, The Talisman, Wilful Creatures, Y: The Last Man, The Lorax, Our Dumb Planet, The Prophet, The Top 500 Poems, Spent.
Favorite writers
Brian K. Vaughan, Allen Briesmaster, Frank Miller, Stephen King, Osamu Tezuka, Dr. Seuss, Aimee Bender, Hermann Hesse, Neil Gaiman, Chuck Palahniuk, JRR Tolkien, George RR Martin, Tsugumi Ohba, Lao Tzu, Gary Larson, Douglas Coupland, Kurt Vonnegut.
Favorite games
Final Fantasy III. Or Scrabble. Maybe Psychologizer. Plinko was my favourite Price Is Right game. And I will rule you at lawn bowling. And I hold world records at Pokemon Puzzle Master and Tetris. Really.
Favorite gaming platform
SNES/64
Tools of the Trade
Zen garden and a rake. And now a Canon Rebel XT. And origami paper. Scissors and paper. Pen and paper.
Other Interests
Making lists, astronomy, reflexology, feng shui/interior design, libraries, cycling, camping, cuisine cooking, philosophy, science, culture, language, politics, astrology, all things southeast Asian, documentaries, mini-golf, bowling.
Sta.sh
Zeal 
Why, thank you!
Congratulations, Joe, a proud moment for dA literature!
