salutations dearest reader!

-my name is Gregory James Bustillo,

i am an author, a free thinker, currently attending graduate school for game design,
and i am an Artist. i work with a variety of media pretaining to creating artworks; books, sculptures from found and
saved objects, and my specialization is with drawing and conceptual art. for conceptual art i was blessed to be nurtured
by one who worked alongside Sol LeWitt for many years and helped build my confidence in being fearless with my art and
my ideas for creating. As for my love of drawing..i first began drawing in an old style concrete office in the boardroom
with office supplies and watching Bob Ross..ACADEMICALLY, ive had the very intimidating but calmed with mutual laughter
of a very very talented artist from Souel Korea. i respect her very much.

-love and fear
at 17 i dropped out of high school after skipping classes to spend time with a high school romance. i said "fuck that"
to make up my classes by attending summer school. ive always had a very strong work ethic as i worked in concrete at
age 13. and also waited tables in a chinese resturant. when i let the owner of the chinese resturant that i dropped out of
high school to focus only on work. THEN GETTING A FIRM SCOLDING..i immediatly enrolled in time for my senior year of
high school in new braunfels, texas.

-the blood of my ancestors
i am a decendant of family number 5 of the 16 families that founded san antonio, Texas. that being said my heritage is
Spanish, from the canary islands; the top left quadrant of africa is a row of islands and north of that area is Spain.
i unitentionally sing-talk my words in english, spanish and other languages. and i am also native american as i found
it is a rare occurance in the USA for the colonizers and colonized to have interacial marrages and start families. a 
negative i found with that information is that i can sometimes be excluded from A Powwow, im not upset as deep wounds and
emotions take time to heal..and i can patiently wait until the time comes for something intresting to enjoy talking about.

-i am not my mental maladies
i do have a plenthera of medications and diagnosis. severe OCD and schizophrenia, ADHD, bipolar, anxiety, depression, and
my least favorite..severe lethargy; as sleeping the day away seems like an terrible waste of hours in the day. but i do
what i can do, and try to be as productive as possible. i am open with my health and mental health, to stop stigma of
...,"being damaged goods"..but to embrace my unique perspective on life and philosophies.

-what does "Texas Last Southern Belle" mean?
hugh heffiner is a mojor influence to the idea..and model searching may be a task to focus on soon. but their is muliple
meanings to the saying which ive kept in my pocket for a rainy day. as i am heteroflexible and anyone with eloquent ways
in their demeanor just makes me fall in a (ocassional) platonic love where i just want to be nice to one of those rare
beauties. And most importantly an ancestor Domingo Esteban bustillo was a messenger in the alamo. (some details may be
off kilter...as "Bustillo" and "Bustillos" seem to have a conflict of interest. first, i was given this information in
high school and thought a potential scholarship fr university would be availible. a very harsh no was relayed to me by
a counselor. And "relatives"..but not friends. seem to ride on coattails as they hoarded an NPR interview for whatever
reasons?

-what am i going to do with all this future?
i hate to think about the terrible flaws of the past. i work hard to get what i desire. I have two gold CHANEL crowns,
not to brag about myself as Texas Royalty, but to inspire others, young and young at heart to be curious, and have a 
sense of audacity when.."SOMEBODY HAS TO SAY IT!". i adorn myself with CHANEL, VERSACE, FENDI, GUCCI, PRADA, LOUIS VUITTON.
so of the 16 families and the decendants, MY GOLD CHANEL CROWNS ARE FROM PARIS..their is no competition so dont compete or
compare to me. I've already won from all that i lost.

-on a lighter note
i enojoy the idea of coexisting with technology, ai, problem solving. i have my associates degree, my bachelors degree from
texas state university which i graduated with honors, and am venturing within the tech area of the art field. despite
falling off the horse..and nobody says this, it hurts like hell, usually covered in muck, but i always get back up
despite the pain. and who could blame rescue horses for that?! all the bad moments ive endured have only helped me
to build my charater and be someone who id like to see in the world. doin' it right. al'righty.

-gregory