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October 14, 2009 - Wednesday 

Category: Art and Photography
Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works out of some of the most unlikely things. His recent North American museum tours

Sawaya’s art is currently touring North American museums in a show titled, The Art of the Brick. It’s the only exhibition focusing exclusively on LEGO as an art medium. The creations, constructed from nearly one million pieces, were built from standard bricks beginning as early as 2000.

Born in Colville, Washington and raised in Veneta, Oregon, Sawaya’s childhood dreams were always fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, perfected magic tricks and also played with LEGO. Sawaya attended NYU.  After college he rediscovered LEGO but not as a toy, but rather as a medium.

Today Sawaya has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his New York art studio. His work is obsessively and painstakingly crafted and is both beautiful and playful. Sawaya’s ability to transform LEGO bricks into something new, his devotion to scale and color perfection, the way he conceptualizes the action of the subject matter, enables him to elevate an ordinary toy to the status of fine art.

According to journalist Scott Jones, “Sawaya is a surrealist mash-up of forms and artists. Imagine Frank Lloyd Wright crossed with Ray Harryhausen, or Auguste Rodin crossed with Shigeru Miyamoto, and you start to get a sense of where Sawaya is coming from.”

Sawaya’s art form takes shape primarily in 3-dimensional sculptures and oversized portraits.  He continues to create daily while accepting commission work from around the world.  Check out his work at http://brickartist.com/

His work has been featured in collections including:

•    Lancaster Museum of Art in Lancaster, PA
•    Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY
•    Art and Culture Center in Hollywood, FL
•    Time Warner Center public art display in New York, NY
•    Qwest Field public art display in Seattle, WA
•    The Toy Museum in Bellaire, OH
•    Dreier Collection in Santa Barbara, CA
•    National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, VA
•    Central Park public art display in New York, NY
•    New Orleans Public Library public art display in New Orleans, LA
•    American Swedish Museum in Philadelphia, PA
•    Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, IL
•    Stamford Museum in Stamford, CT

Join E. W. Bradfute, Yolanda Renée, Morgan Lawrence, Melissa Burk, and Nathan Sawaya as they discuss these Hot Topics – The Latest in Politics –The latest in Hollywood – and The Latest in the ridiculous –  Join us, just follow this link and listen live on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 9:00 PM EST  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/PremiumViews/2009/10/15/Premium-View-with-Nathan-Sawaya feature large-scale sculptures using only toy building blocks. LEGO® bricks to be exact.
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September 25, 2009 - Friday 

Category: Dreams and the Supernatural
Find out TONIGHT September 25th, 2009, if there is truly proof to Alien Abductions!

Find out LIVE at 11pm EST/10pm Central at www.blogtalkradio.com/pairanormal.

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September 10, 2009 - Thursday 

Category: Dreams and the Supernatural
Back by POPULAR demand!  Deborah Simpson!


That is right you emails have been heard and now we are giving you another chance to ask that burning question you didn't get to ask the last time.  Internationally acclaimed Deborah Simpson is joining us LIVE Friday September 11th, at 11pm EST/10pm CST.


Deborah’s gifts include Clairaudience (Clear Hearing), Clairsentience (Clear Feeling), Clairvoyance (Clear Seeing), and Psychometry (Reading the energy attached to objects and photos).  She provides professional psychic readings, spiritual counseling, inspirational feedback and intuitive mentoring. Deborah is a meditative psychic, meaning she does not use Tarot cards or crystal balls. She uses her spiritual connection to elicit the answers you seek. She will review your past, comment on your present and delve into your future without hesitation.


If you missed her last time, you have your second chance now.  What will you ask?  Join us LIVE at www.blogtalkradio.com/pairanormal or direct link at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/PairaNormal/2009/09/12/Deborah-Simpson-RETURNS or just click the photo.


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September 4, 2009 - Friday 

Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Twice the Paranormal?



First visit www.para-x.com and goto Paranormal Insight at 6pm Central/7pm Eastern.  They are doing EVPs and one of their special guests is none other than our own EW of Pairanormal.  Find out what a Ghost may sound like.



Don't let that stop you from listening to the wonderful ladies of Paranormal Seekers of North Texas!



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Then get ready for the ROUND TABLE!



That's right the Pair A Normal Guys, are joining with Pairanormal and doing a Round Table Discussion!  What is on the MENU?  Well, you will want to listen in to find out!



The ROUND TABLE discussion BEGINS at 10pm Central/11pm Eastern. At www.blogtalkradio.com/pairanormal or Click the Photo!



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