1. ART—AARON
ARTIST
COSMOLOGIST
FUTURIST
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ART BY AARON
[As of 9/12/2008]
Established 8/30/2004
AARON LEE GIVAN, Ph.D.
Copyright. 2004. Aaron Givan.
All rights reserved.
WATERCOLORS
LANDSCAPES
STILL LIFES
PNEUMAGRAPHS
PNEUMAGRAPHS: THE ***ART*** OF THE SOUL--
THE CREATION, THE SELF
"Chaos, Meaning, and the Cosmos"

2. The term "pneumagraph" was created by me some years
ago to formalize the process*** of letting the hidden facets of
the media and artistic process surface more easily and add to
the imaging, meaning and inspiration a fine art piece can
provide the viewer.
A pneumagraph ("spirit writing") is an artifact/fine art
piece that reflects the spirit of nature through whatever
creative means seems appropriate to the vision of the artistic
message reflected in the work at hand. For example, a
bricolage approach (see 'bricolagework.com')--using
whatever is at hand--may produce a work emphasizing the
remnants of an artistic mode; special effects may be created
within the media being used--perhaps watercolors, and the
like...
The art works that have been created from this process***
for me are:
1. A series of water colors using traditional (air brush,
cascading washes, etc.) and special effects along with
auxiliary media--for example, torn, hand-made paper to
help add dimension to a forest scene--that measure 22x30
inches on heavy water color paper.
2. A series of images using digital and photographic
technology--in a number of sizes (8x10 inch to 22x30 inch)--
that includes a random element that allows unexpected color
and image variations, an element of surprise and fun...

3. The results of these artistic processes*** have allowed a
refinement of macro-images and micro-images of the cosmos
to emerge that have personally aided me in my thinking and
research about our place and space in times past, present
and future. More specifically, this process has allowed the
development of specific measurement/inventory (see
"metavoicesystems.com') tools and theoretical models of
human personality that focus on the structure of human
values (see 'ethicsclasses.com'), the place of the spiritual
domain, and the dynamic behavior possibilities (see
'center4.org) that allow us to live interesting, productive
daily lives.
--Aaron Givan, Rolla, North Dakota: 11/15/2004
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PHOTOGRAPHY
SINCE 1994 NATURE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN
COLLECTED AND FILED AND FORM THE BASIS***
FOR PNEUMAGRAPHS, AS MENTIONED ABOVE. OF
SPECIAL INTEREST HAS BEEN THE WOODS AND
SEASHORES OF MARYLAND. A SPECIAL COLLETION
OF THE WILD FLORAL PLANTS OF THE D.C. AREA
AND PHOTOS OF THE PLANTS IN THEIR NATURAL
STATE WAS CONDUCTED--1995-1997--AS A
PERSONAL GROWTH PROJECT FOR THE Ph.D.(1997)
AT THE UNION INSTITUTE AND UNIVERSITY.
THIS COLLECTION PROCESS AND THE RESULTING

4. FINE ART PIECES HAVE PRODUCED A PORTFOLIO
OF OVER 5O WATER COLORS--MOSTLY 22X30
INCHES ON ACID FREE PAPERS.
THE PHOTOGRAPHY PROCESS INCLUDES A
COLLECTION OF 35MM CAMERAS, VARIOUS
LENSES, AND FILTERS; THE FUN OF PHOTOGRAPHY
HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED INTO THE FOSTERING AND
AMPLIFICATION OF THE CREATIVITY PROCESS.
THIS CREATIVITY PROCESS HAS SPILLED OVER
INTO TRANSDISCIPLINARY LEARNING
EXPERIENCES. ONE RECENT FOCUS HAS BEEN THE
USE OF ART AS A DOOR TO IMPROVING
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AT THE DOCTORAL
LEVEL...
1. The Place of Art In Education
By Aaron Givan, Ph.D.
Copyright. 2005. Aaron Givan.
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
“Some of his poetry compares favorably with
Shakespeare’s.” --McDannald. (1942.) The Modern Concise
Encyclopedia. NY; Unicorn Press, p. 1469.
Francis Bacon (1561-1622)
Author of ESSAYS—“A treasure of English style…[like] the
works of Shakespeare.” –McDannald, 1942, p. 181.

5. George Santayana (1863-1952)
Author of “The Life of Reason…and several volumes of
verse.”—McDannald, 1942, p. 1995
“Poetry is central to all creativity.” This thesis is something I
have played with and thought about since the mid-1980’s.
Recently, I hung the likenesses of the three writers-poets
listed above in my study to help foster a sense of creativity,
research and productivity.
I have since started a volume of verse that I will compose as
opportunity affords; the creative act of writing, I find—for
me, fosters more of the same—whether it is
prose, poetry, fiction, or research….
At one time I mentored a class on basic English. The final
project was the public reading of a poem to the rest of the
class. One person had not completed the work and sat in the
back of the room. Not wanting to leave her out, I asked if she
had a contribution to make when the other people had
finished their readings. She paused and made an
impromptu, extemporaneous, verbal presentation of a poem
that summarized very well what the others had presented
and her learnings for the term.
At one point in my career, I thought about the place of art in
the educational process. For me, thinking about how water
colors are produced—the artistic process—and how the fine
art pieces are used provided a model for research and

6. writing. The production of my own watercolors was
enhanced by this process.
Challenge: Produce one or more poems during this term as
part of your work for this class; keep them in a journal,
along with other thoughts suggested by your activities; and
summarize the importance of this exercise as part of the
ending of your work for the term.
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2. ART AND EDUCATION:
Poetry--An aid to creativity...
Using poetry to promote thinking skills:
Researching new topics and how they relate to specific
problems—often hard ones, like in ethics or philosophy of
leadership—often involves moments of insight or an
epiphany. The application of the insight is sometimes spur-
of-the-moment and can be easily lost if not written down
quickly.
Practice in writing things down quickly using whatever ideas
or things that are around—called bricolage—can be
practiced by writing poetry when something gives you an
inspiration—like the poem posted below, written in about 10
minutes after looking out the window and hearing the geese

7. fly over. For some people, doing poetry as a new experience
eases the struggle when working on deciding a dissertation
topic. Sometimes topics are “found” in an improvisation
process—using topics that have been done, but looking for
the next extension that will “make a contribution to the
field.”
Water colors and music pieces can be derived in the same
way. I do nature scenes with an air brush and an easel table
that can be tilted and/or one that can be spun rapidly.
Aaron
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A. On the Coming of Spring...
Looking out the window for the coming of spring....
Makes my heart and voice want to sing.
Hearing the calls of the geese on the wing...
Makes my heart and voice want to sing.
Feeling the warm south breezes with the promises of soft
grasses and
flowers that they bring...
Makes my heart and voice want to sing.
Knowing the days are growing and the hopes and desires of
others

8. with expectations are glowing ...
Helps me,
Invites me,
Entices me....
To sing.
I SING...
of SPRING!
ALG, 3/22/2007
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B. "UNDER THE SAGUARO"
A memory....
UNDER the Saguaro
There lies a warrior fallen...
The Mighty Arms of the great Arizona cactus
Lift the memory of the old soldier to a higher plane...
Though in BATTLE he was not slain,
Yet, he gave of his best to you and to me
As he lived out his LIFE within a MEMORY...
A MEMORY of the din of war
And the cries of the WARRIOR--and other WARRIORS--
Who are HERE no more;
Those FRIENDS are also gone,

9. And only WE are left to sing
THEIR song--
We and the lone SAGUARO............
--IN MEMORIUM, 5-26-2008, for a lone soldier, with no
family, laid to rest in the 1980's in the ARIZONA
NATIONAL CEMETERY, PHOENIX, AZ.
--Aaron Givan, D.Min., Ph.D., VA Chaplain, Retired
[Aaron Givan, Ph.D.
9/1/2008]
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The Center For Environmental Management for Success
[An Intrapsychic-Ecological Approach]
[11/10/2003]
(Established 1982, Phoenix AZ)
KEY FOCUS:
Wholeness Within the Self as ART
ABSTRACT: Within the structures of everything are the

10. elements of "living beauty": the key/secret to finding and
participating in this living beauty is to look long and hard at
"X"--in this case the self--so that you
see/perceive/understand the structure and relationships of
behaviors to the patterns of structures within--in this case,
the self....AND make moment-to-moment small adjustments
about the tasks of living using the whole self--reasoning AND
feelings...Real, living beauty depends on this connection, the
small decisions/adaptations, so that things are lived rightly,
placed just right, or seen in the light of the larger WHOLE,
the cosmos....
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TERMS RELATED TO PNEUMAGRAPH PRODUCTION
PROCESS:***
“UNsight”—a non-directional epiphany: related to the
pneumagraph process; alternate gloss, “looking around.”
“UnSIGHT”—a secondary, directional epiphany: related to
the pneumagraph process; alternate gloss, “looking
beyond.”
[Terms first coined 10:00 AM, 9/3/2008, at Rolla, ND, A.
Givan, Ph.D.]
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***See 'dreamanalysis.us"; dreaming skills can enhance the
"pneumagraph production process" and act as useful tools

11. for creativity development and enhanced problem solving
skills.
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