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Real Name:
Avi Ratnayake
Email:
cinnamongrahamman@yahoo.com
Comments:
too many
Creds [?]:
5∈
Website:
www.lotusmonkey.co.uk
Gender:
Location:
Bristol, UK 
Birthday:
1982 (44 years) 
Membership:
10/16/03 2:40 AM GMT02/24/22 8:53 PM GMT 

Recent Works by monkeypuzzle: (full gallery)

busk but no drink by monkeypuzzle, Photography->Manipulation gallery advent from nightfall by monkeypuzzle, Photography->Flowers gallery carapace by monkeypuzzle, Photography->Flowers gallery
busk but no drink advent from nightfall carapace

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Fir3BirD
12/04/03 10:48 AM GMT
Your works are that of a very interesting nature - not exactly my type.. but still good
PS - LOVE YOUR AVATAR!
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---- Just Because You're Not Paranoid, It doesn't Mean I'm, Not out to Get you! ---
monkeypuzzle
12/04/03 11:16 AM GMT
thanx Fir3BirD, i try my best. i like strange and twisted things, a reflection of the darker side maybe.....: )
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The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.
::JOHANNA
12/04/03 12:47 AM GMT
Thanks you very much Avi for the comments and support on my work.Thanks !
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carpe diem
::monkeypuzzle
12/05/03 6:08 AM GMT
pleasure : D thank u 4 ur words
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The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.
::JOHANNA
12/05/03 6:29 PM GMT
Thanks for the reaction on my work, but it is not a cow but a horse that was in the meadow far away (undulating fields) I never manipulate photos, these are real pictures, nature is to beautiful to change colors etc... I'am glad you like it.
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carpe diem
::JOHANNA
12/06/03 9:06 AM GMT
Thank you very much Avi, for the nice comments on my work.i'am glad you like it,and thanks for the support.
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carpe diem
+camerahound
12/07/03 11:02 PM GMT
Thanks for your comment on Killer Views, although I'm not too sure about the custard part (sounds good, though). Great personal icon, puzzle.
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::mayne
12/10/03 7:31 PM GMT
Thank you for commenting on my images. Glad you like the sepia ones. I like a lot of your images as well, you are very original in your works:-)
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Happy Holidays To All
cemkarahan
12/11/03 12:28 AM GMT
Thanks for the comments ::monkeypuzzle,by the way your expressionist works such as "No Boss Child,Wood - Point of Petrification" are very inspiring... ; )
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CemKarahan, A soul,which is not dedicated to a goal;is lost. Because,being everywhere is equal to being nowhere.
Si
12/11/03 8:33 PM GMT
Thanks for your kind comment on Nature's Christmas Lights. You've been putting some good stuff up lately too - good luck in the contest with Love Letters...
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cemkarahan
12/11/03 10:47 PM GMT
Thanks for your nice comment monkeypuzzle.Lil' clue its a photo of a fruit...No shape filters used.Color management,some coloring filters,shading works and a little bit hand correction is used on PS 6 (dont like the 7) ; ).....
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CemKarahan, A soul,which is not dedicated to a goal;is lost. Because,being everywhere is equal to being nowhere. Montaigne
ThisIsMOC
12/13/03 4:39 AM GMT
that saying is great!
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"stupid people do stupid things.. smart people outsmart eachother"
thejaedenbeast
12/13/03 7:51 AM GMT
Every picture you have is unique to this site in a different way. Keep it up!
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*~()__JaedenBeast__)
Fir3BirD
12/13/03 9:43 AM GMT
thanks for such a positive comment on my work 'an escape'

btw, your gallery has a nice side to it, a rather interesting wraith...
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---- Just Because You're Not Paranoid, It doesn't Mean I'm Not out to Get you! ---
::CaptainHero
12/13/03 10:35 PM GMT
Thanks for your comments
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell
+ppigeon
12/14/03 7:17 PM GMT
I like your icon, Monkey.
Reminds me the incredible sci-fi comics called "L'incal" of Jodorowky & Moebius. Do you know it ???
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MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
mythica
12/14/03 8:51 PM GMT
Thanks for your comments on "Still going with the flow...". By the way your sig. is a bit of a Jedi Mind Trick - messes with your mind... :o|
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Eyes open - mouth shut
kazadoodle
12/15/03 2:42 AM GMT
I like your stuff Mr Puzzle - especially the textural ones
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"The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery." – Francis Bacon
kjh000
12/16/03 4:08 PM GMT
Hi there, Avi. I just like to thank you for the nice comments on my work. I browsed your thumbnail gallery and I'll definitely check back later when I got some time over to view your pieces in full size. It looks as if you got quite a few interesting pics. :)
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kjh000
12/16/03 8:55 PM GMT
Thanks for the info! I love it here too. I'll have to cut back on the ceades.net surfing soon though... o_O I'm here way too much. I think I'm getting addicted. ^_^ I got to spend more time doing the stuff I have to. :( But it aint that bad really. :) It's just how things are.

See you around, Avi.

/Klas
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Alifozma
12/19/03 2:24 PM GMT
HEY!!!!! You look kind of like me!!!! and great art! Exgiusite... I can't spel
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It's probably just a rash. -Famous Last Words From Ali and Friends
kjh000
12/21/03 8:22 PM GMT
np dude! thanks for making such brilliant stuff! :)

have a great holliday you too, Avi!
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Alifozma
12/22/03 2:07 PM GMT
Thx or your comments!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't use the computer for art.... I'm thinking of photography.
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It's probably just a rash. -Famous Last Words From Ali and Friends
Alifozma
12/23/03 4:06 AM GMT
thx for ur recipe!
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It's probably just a rash. -Famous Last Words From Ali and Friends
alzco
12/23/03 6:45 PM GMT
Ta for comments on my pics :o)
Yes I was complementing the pic that made my eyes seem broke :o)
Keep up the good work!

Ps your head is still on fire
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Merry Everyone!!!!
kjh000
12/23/03 10:31 PM GMT
hi, it's just ur greatest fan stopping bye. ^_^ tnx for all the great comments I got on my work lately. :)

cheers,
/Klas
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kjh000
12/23/03 10:37 PM GMT
[edit] sorry I did a double posting of the above statement. well I can allways wish you a Marry Christmas! :)
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::JOHANNA
01/03/04 9:17 PM GMT
Well come back,keep up the good work,Avi.
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carpe diem.
+ppigeon
01/06/04 5:43 PM GMT
Avi: I found the american link for the "Incal" comic serie. Go here
Enjoy!
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Happy New year !!!
::mayne
01/06/04 7:51 PM GMT
Thanks for the comment on Water Feathers. Glad I could be of assistance;-)
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kjh000
01/06/04 9:44 PM GMT
Hi there, Avi. Thanks for the resent comments. It allways makes me glad to get compliments from talanted people. :) I'm behind in my commenting lately I'll have to go through your latest additions to your gallery some time soon. As you have seen I've been quite inspired by your works. I'll never reach your heights I suspect but it was fun to try it out. :) I'll probably try it once ore twice again. ^_^
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::captk2071
01/06/04 10:02 PM GMT
Thanks, Avi, just experimenting. Hats off to marideath for kick starting the whole thing. 8^)
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"Be Prepared . . ."
Shocky_G
01/09/04 4:13 PM GMT
I love your work ::monkeypuzzle!! It really is inspiring and the dark twist you put on it's great!! Keep it up!!!
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A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man dies but once!!
abby2391
01/09/04 9:25 PM GMT
Thanks for your comment on my picture (paintspill.) I agree with everyone your work is very interesting and unique and i really like it all. Keep up your good work!
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::mayne
01/11/04 6:16 PM GMT
Thanks Avi. They are my favourite flying machine!
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::Sherpa
01/11/04 9:50 PM GMT
Hey, Thanks for your comments on my pic, Mars Colony!!!!
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abby2391
01/11/04 11:54 PM GMT
Thanks for your comments on Red Paint and Fire Sunrise!! Much appreciated!
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abby2391
01/12/04 12:30 AM GMT
Thank you very much for the comment on boredom. I know all too well the wonderful feeling of being bored so I thought I would put my feelings on paper. Thanks again!! :)
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::JOHANNA
01/18/04 7:17 PM GMT
Thank you very much for the nice comment on(Lanzarote el golfo) Avi.
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carpe diem.
Darsinion
01/22/04 6:21 AM GMT
sorry to waste this space on here but , u got good work and I was wondering how u did sum of that stuff , I really want to learn how to make art like this , its amazing what a graphic desighner can do and I want to learn to be one .. I already have adobe , now what ?
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::kjh000
01/24/04 10:53 AM GMT
Hehe. I now have your personal gallery bookmarked so I can see your experiments as easy as possible. ;-) Quite nice this collaboration if I may say so. :)
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::JOHANNA
01/25/04 5:54 PM GMT
Thanks very much for the nice comment and support on(morning shadow)Avi.
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carpe diem.
::JOHANNA
01/25/04 7:19 PM GMT
Thanks for the nice comments and support on my work,Avi.Thank you very much.
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carpe diem.
::kjh000
01/25/04 10:39 PM GMT
Yes it's great fun this collaboration. ^_^ Sorry for being slow on the comments. ;-) I have some trouble though since I'm so slow with my edits... They take all day and night some times. o_O Hehe. ^_^
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::Marideath
01/26/04 5:33 AM GMT
Thanks for your nice comments, Avi. By the way, the mask I used in Daemon is the top part of a Tlingit totem-pole picture-tube for my PSP8.
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Mary, the Caedes-addicted-BarGnat
Otaku
01/26/04 4:14 PM GMT
ooooooooooo YOUR AVI!!!! haha i was thinking along the lines of the somewhat popular childran's book author dubed "Avi" hha but yea...now i know :P
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moment of silence please for those who never get the chance they show up to the party but they're never asked to dance the losers the liars the bastards the thieves the cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing -streetlight manifesto
phoenixashes
01/28/04 9:18 PM GMT
haha quite alright and you other images are just as fabulous =)
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something inside of me has opened its eyes why did you put it there did you not realize this thing inside of me it screams the loudest sound sometimes i think i could -nin
::reese
01/30/04 4:56 AM GMT
Hey Avi, thanks for all your support! Just started looking through your pics - they are great! It's amazing the things you can do with photoshop and other software programs! I may have to ask you for some pointers here in the near future (I just got photoshop elements & am still trying to figure it out).
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"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." (- Thomas Edison)
::JOHANNA
01/30/04 11:36 AM GMT
Thanks very much for the comment on (yellow rose) Avi.
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carpe diem.
::JOHANNA
01/30/04 3:03 PM GMT
Thanks for all the support and nice comments on my works,Avi.
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carpe diem.
::JOHANNA
01/30/04 5:19 PM GMT
I thank you very much for the nice and beautiful work on (Wild-Lilac orchid) Thank you very much Avi.
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carpe diem.
+camerahound
02/01/04 7:22 PM GMT
Hi, Avi! Thanks for looking at my new stuff. I'm trying to learn a little more PhotoShop with each (Angry Sea being the latest). Appreciate your encouragement! I enjoy your work very much, especially the x-ray series. Again, many thanks.
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"Success is getting what you like. Happiness is liking what you get." -anonymous
bigjon
02/01/04 10:36 PM GMT
thats for the comments on my star series. my favorite is the purple star
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::mayne
02/02/04 3:16 AM GMT
Thank you for the comment on "Lifeblood" :-)
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"Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full." - Henry Kissinger
phraseology
02/02/04 4:59 AM GMT
Hey thanks for commenting on the Within the Leaves picture. I was waiting for someone to comment. Thank you! You have very nice work by the way.-Meg
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"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know."-Samuel Langhorne Clemens
rov3r_bmw
02/02/04 6:29 AM GMT
Thanks for your comment on "squares" i like that kind of comments ......by the way.....
I really like your works!!!
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::mayne
02/03/04 4:34 PM GMT
Thank you for comenting on "Water Beads". I would like to see some of your web shots if you get a chance:-)
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"Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full." - Henry Kissinger
::JOHANNA
02/04/04 7:54 AM GMT
Thanks for the nice comment on(Sharon roses and Sallyflowers)And thank you for the constant support on my work.Thanks very much,Avi.
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carpe diem.
Greasle
02/10/04 12:13 AM GMT
avi great work.
I rather say great art. Your work is more than wallpapers alone. Are you an art student ?
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mckinleysh
02/14/04 12:27 AM GMT
Monkey, thanks for the comments on my newest, what do you mean by cogs?
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- |\/|c]{inleySh -
::mayne
02/15/04 6:45 PM GMT
Hey, thanks Avi for the comment. That animation sounds like a fab idea..would like to see that:-)
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"Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full." - Henry Kissinger
trisbert
02/15/04 11:17 PM GMT
Thanks for your response to "Ellenborough Falls".
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important. Ruth Ross
::mayne
02/17/04 5:07 PM GMT
Thank you for the comment on "Memories" Avi:-)
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"Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full." - Henry Kissinger
Damamauz
02/17/04 9:06 PM GMT
tanks :)
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Se amanhã não chover estará um belo dia!
::ladyturtle27
02/17/04 11:32 PM GMT
Thanks for your comment on my photos Old Time Hollywood. I really like the way the lighting turned out as well. This is my favorite of the shots, but there were a lot (more face shots really) that turned out great too. I was surprised - not bad for a homemade studio!
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"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous." - Aristotle
::JOHANNA
02/18/04 5:02 PM GMT
Thank you very much for the nice comment and support on(ochre and springflower)Avi.
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carpe diem.
::JOHANNA
02/18/04 5:09 PM GMT
Thanks very much for commenting(white&greeny beuties and narcissus)Avi.
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carpe diem.
::JOHANNA
02/18/04 5:48 PM GMT
Thanks very much for all the nice comments and support on my work,Avi.
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carpe diem.
kileychristine
02/18/04 8:28 PM GMT
Thanks for helping me Avi and thanks for what you said.
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Cheers!!!
::JOHANNA
02/19/04 11:55 AM GMT
Thanks very much for the comment on(Avi and Graeme's-Bloody conflict).Start your work!!
Avi.
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carpe diem.
speedy_10
02/19/04 7:49 PM GMT
it does look like a script!!! thanx for your nice comment on "digital mastermind"
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repeat after me.repeat after me.repeat after me.repeat after me.repeat after me.repeat after me.repeat after me.
willhparker
02/20/04 12:44 AM GMT
Thanks for the nice comments on "The Lonely Dragonfly"
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RickM
02/21/04 4:26 AM GMT
Avi. Glad you enjoyed the pic of Zion Canyon.
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Rick
speedy_10
02/22/04 9:02 PM GMT
thanx for ur comment on "the outlines" Avi.
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life is not a rehearsal
+camerahound
02/22/04 10:57 PM GMT
Thanks, Avi -- glad you enjoyed Face in the Plate. Also, I left a comment for you on the 35mm forum.
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"Success is getting what you like. Happiness is liking what you get." -anonymous
bigjon
02/22/04 11:31 PM GMT
Thanks for the comment on That Green Thing
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prismmagic
02/23/04 12:10 AM GMT
Thanks the original is in the vortes window and the color paterns from the leafs are in the stone effect
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Clayton H. Bramlett
prismmagic
02/23/04 12:16 AM GMT
Thankyou for the great remrks, The original was a alot less ominus and finshed in dry brush more like a painting but alot of members want crispness so I re-did it. and yeh its a little biss. But it was meant more as a statement to how man wast his time on worthless things.
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Clayton H. Bramlett
speedy_10
02/23/04 6:50 AM GMT
do u no huz on the voting list?
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life is not a rehearsal
sevendays
02/24/04 4:22 AM GMT
From the few pieces of your work I happened to glance at to your inspiring comment :) on my profile, I decided to look at your art gallery. I've only gotten to your third page, but so far, your pieces are all so great Avi! My favorites gallery is lined with monkeypuzzle art, thanks to you, and my day ended wonderfully thanks to your Fate and Choice. Thanks for gracing my screen, Avi! ;)
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Georf
02/24/04 11:17 AM GMT
Thanks for all your comments on my pictures, they are much appreciated.
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What the heck is a Georf anyway? Answers on a postcard...
bjb
02/24/04 8:23 PM GMT
The flying cow was well worth a comment. Started my day off with a giggle. Thanks. ;-)
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::JOHANNA
02/25/04 6:36 PM GMT
Thank you very much for the nice comment on (white orchid)Avi.
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carpe diem.
::mayne
02/29/04 1:30 AM GMT
This would be a belated thank you for commenting on "Dead End";-)
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Darryl
prismmagic
02/29/04 6:59 PM GMT
Thank you Avi for your imput on for interpretation
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Clayton H. Bramlett
mckinleysh
02/29/04 7:37 PM GMT
Avi, thanks for the comments on "Caedes.Net". I'm glad you like it!
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- |\/|c]{inleySh -
::JOHANNA
02/29/04 7:38 PM GMT
Thank you very much for the nice comment on(full of love)Very much appreciated,Avi.
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carpe diem.
Goldendog
02/29/04 9:36 PM GMT
Thank you very much for your comment on "Airclouds", Avi!
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bigjon
02/29/04 10:54 PM GMT
Thanks for the comment on the Rains Have Come
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::reese
03/01/04 12:05 AM GMT
Hi Avi, thanks so much for your comment on "Rock Sculpture." I will look into Andy Goldsworthy...thanks for the info!
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"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." (- Thomas Edison)
kileychristine
03/03/04 12:04 AM GMT
Avi, thanks for everything.
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Cheers!!!
::JOHANNA
03/03/04 2:39 PM GMT
You make a beautil work of(Avi and Graeme's-bloody conflicft).Good job and much appreciated,Avi.Thanks.
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carpe diem.
::JOHANNA
03/03/04 6:48 PM GMT
Thank you very much for the nice comment on (green needles).Avi.
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carpe diem.
Frelu
03/04/04 10:19 PM GMT
Thank's for all your comments It make me pleasure.
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Sous le soleil, toutes choses doivent finir un jour / Under the sun, all things must finish one day ( Legolas Lord of the rings )
kileychristine
03/06/04 3:35 AM GMT
Thanks Avi for your nice words. I hope you notice I didn't even call you Pushy.
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Cheers!!!
::JOHANNA
03/07/04 4:27 PM GMT
Thank you for a all your nice comments and support.Very much appreciated Avi.
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carpe diem.
::JOHANNA
03/07/04 5:50 PM GMT
Thank you my friend (the flower monkey) AVI, for all the comments and constant support on my work.Thank you very much,Avi.
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carpe diem.
::Piner
03/11/04 3:20 AM GMT
Did you know that there is a material in Bryce named "Monkey Puzzle"?
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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from an artist is to make him ruin his work. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1832)
BFDAN
03/12/04 11:29 PM GMT
hey Avi no it dosent it stands for BIG FRIENDLY DAN did u think i was someone u no?
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kileychristine
03/13/04 11:30 PM GMT
Thanks Avi for your nice comment on Marideath's Favorite. It meant a lot my friend.
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Cheers!!!

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