Lee Michael Altman's book of poems is a philosophical meditation on life, its vicissitudes and unanswerable questions. He complements his writing with his own artwork that has an existential-humanistic influence originating in Bay Area figurative painting. His book explores the metaphor of Salt as having a "from the earth" association mixed with several meanings, that attempt an understanding of self-liberation through being in nature. He is a Stanford graduate in the Fine Arts. (22 artworks plus cover art).

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Jeffrey Gray, Author, Seton Hall University, NJ - Altman's artwork is not the mimesis of the given world but of its becoming, which is to say also the world in us that he has always gone after. His is not an imitation of forms - though that's there, certainly, in the sudden grasping of a bird out of potentiality -- but of Nature in the moment of apprehension.

Richard Shaffer, Artist, Felton, CA - Altman's surface is accessible; it is full of layers underneath, capturing the editorial work of simplification. Slipping easily between the layers is like entering the best poetry from the middle ground where it is fullest. Yes, indeed, there is a beginning and an end to all narratives, but the heart of the matter is more central, closer to when the author begins to say what is really meant. Somersaulting from antiquity across to the new poetry, Lee Altman is forever looking and reading his texts for those sudden surprises. Whether he is accessing etymology in the Oxford dictionary or just perusing a child's tale, Altman remains a literary artist, sourcing his imagery in the contemporary mixtures of our time.

Nathan Oliveira, Artist, Professor Emeritus Stanford University, CA - Color, form and images are much like words to him that convey poetry and content. One engages that talented multi-level mind, and visual art is not reduced to a simple art metaphor.

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