The poet had been waking to fine experiences of his conscious being, whereby the transition area, between the subconscious and the conscious levels, opened up a garden of earthly and spiritual delights, as a designed stage upon a stage by one of his favourite Muses, he calls his 'A-Muse'. So, waking in love seemed to fit the description. Into this garden, he'd commute daily and would meet and communicate with artists of fame and also with talented contemporaries, while his Muses danced in a traditional sensual roundabout in and out of his room, high above the rooftops of Vienna,

This compendium (4 vols.) studies the continuity, flexibility, and variation of structural elements in epic narratives. It provides an overview of the structural patterns of epic poetry by means of a standardized, stringent terminology. Both diachronic developments and changes within individual epics are scrutinized in order to provide a comprehensive structural approach and a key to intra- and intertextual characteristics of ancient epic poetry.

The poet wishes to thank all the women who met him in a virtual and real life, being good listeners and also outstanding friends, sharing their time and interests, especially in times of sorrow and when he suffered a severe depression after the death of his poetry-partner and teacher of literature, who considered him as a friend and equal partner sharing interests in literature, poetry, and the arts. The poet will thank them all for he'll publish his work, now as the ink has dried, and it reflects their mature relationship, be it virtual or in tactile reality, the precious times of happiness, when they saved him spiritually and physically, returning from the dark abyss of a mental breakdown and suicidal thoughts. These thanks include everybody, who had contact with the poet especially during the critical years of '04 and '05, when the poet had to return mentally and physically to the world of the living, so that he could process his emotional world into poetry and publish it to the interested reader. Perhaps some people may have had a similar experience with a soul-mate, love partner, twin flame, and a close friend. Viva all mature women!

Love & Art, Volume Two, will continue with Songs of Passion and contain, following the theme of art in dialogue with lyric poetry, the 90 drawings plus one that have been composed together, some before the ballad's creation, some after it, as the total freedom of creativity has driven me. As we grew up with Storge, the love for our family, I have experienced during my life seven modes of love: Eros and Philos, which I have encountered most of the time, especially during my youth and the middle ages of maturity. Yet, the experience of the intensity of these modes of love came with my passion for the Fine Arts, when my teachers guided me along the road of tapping into the fount of ideas and fantasy, where the sources for my creativity lie. Compassionate love, I have only experienced when the tragedy of a terminated illness of a beloved Muse became apparent through her sparkling health of beauty vanishing as if an unseen force had turned down the dimmer switch of life and her suffering started with her physical disintegration. I felt pain and suffering with her and helped her the best I could to give selfless love and support. I have detected my notebooks with the right paper for writing and drawing with ink pens. A series of volumes exists in various notebooks. I endeavour to publish them in a sequence with my original creative activities to provide my readers with an inside view into those times of immense innermost conflicts, happiness, and pain accompanying love and inspire these artistic dialogues.