Vern



"Real peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of
War, but on the love of Peace. It will not be the abstaining from
an act, but the coming of a state of mind." -- Herman Wouk

Vern's passion for photography began at an early stage. "At the age
of nine I discovered I could relive in film what I experienced in
reality, and in this way recreate the magic and inspiration of the
original experience at any moment." Born at the start of a new year,
1954, Vern's personal heroes have been the inspirational figures
Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. He trained himself under
the world-renown world-global thinker and futurist Buckminster Fuller,
and under his godfather and namesake Wernher von Braun, the world-
renown space scientist. His interests have reflected a spiritual
heritage ranging from astrology, aerospace and astronomy, to
architecture and animals, from physics and electronics, to Zen and
reality, and the coupling of music and words, with film and
multi-media, to depict his endless fascination with human kind's
place and purpose in the universe. Born in Santiago, Chile, Vern
early developed an international perspective for his work. His travels
have been extensive--throughout the entire World--from the slums and
proud new cities of Mexico, to the beauty and cultural magnificence of
Nepal and Bali. He's traveled throughout Western and Eastern Europe,
and into the Soviet Union photographing the transition of totalitarian
domination transforming into the difficult-yet-energizing new era of
personal freedom. His photos of the slums in Bombay, are emotionally
riveting documents of proud lives lived in the barest of conditions.
Vern's ability is to find the joy amidst the sorrow, is best described
as the internal manifestation of the soul reaching out in universal
knowingness.

This is just a very brief bio what my life is about and I am so happy
to have discoverd the Family Chat room and to become part of the
wonderful camradarie that I have found there.

My favorite quote is from a song by the Byrds:
When I open my Heart to the whole Universe . . . . I find that it is
Loviing

Some of you may want to review the mosaics I have created at:
http://www.photovault.com/Mosaics.html

and for those of you that have been following my tales of travel for
my books and want to review them:
http://www.photovault.com/Books.html

My website can be seen at www.photovault.com I hope to get to know
many of you in the coming years. You sure are a wonderful bunch
and kinda huggable too. lol

Vern