5.Pete Coyle, fellow excogitator, and ally braving the unknown with a lot of questions only to be answered by sharing days of tedium, sweat, dust, chemicals, yoga and beer.

6. Barry Marshall, Master problem solver and rubber expert (interpret that as you may). And boy did we get plastered!

Thanks for helping me get through the intensity (with your relentless humor and wit) of molding the First Becoming!

7. Nick Caudill and Bobby Alderman, Thanks for taking a monkey off my back! Nick out of your generosity and Bobby’s quality control, consultation and moving service, the form for the foundation of civilization( Adam) was made possible. It was perfect in every way!

8. Tony Pence for a hell of a connection and for his great music!

9.Tammy Stone and Donna Ochsner  for giving Ingrid refuge and Tammy thank you for  loaning your truck.

10.Tim Gilliam for the band and occasional musical jump-start.

11. Stan Dixon for the best connection ever, his cousin, Ingrid.

12.Joey Perkins, who has helped me find hard to find materials and then donating them to the project. This is the third project he has contributed his friendship.

13..Last but by no means least, Harry Wilks and Pyramid Hill for accepting my work into this most prestigious and internationally acclaimed collection that is showcased in a world class venue. It’s visionaries like you Harry that preserve and improve civilization.

The first becoming Adam’s First Breath; I’ve always envisioned Adam at the moment of becoming flesh from the raw energy of the divine, which is what the famed scientist and writer Carl Sagan called “star stuff”. According to religious and scientific observations, creation happened quickly with a massive release of energy. Einstein proved that our entire known universe is pure, never ceasing, ever-changing energy, released at once, the beginning!  He also personally believed this as divinely ordered.