In this 300+ page book the author, Gary John Gresl, expresses his personal philosophies about visual art, including his observations concerning art's evolution as a corollary to processes witnessed among living things...espoused by persons such as Charles Darwin. Gresl includes images of over 350 images of his work beginning in the 1980's to present, including his uncommon "selected object" assemblages, paintings and photographs of large scale installations. Scattered between the images he includes compositions ranging from poetry to several longer observations about the art making process, about the art culture at large, and about reasons for the importance of art in our cultures. While not so obviously stated, Gary makes the argument that art from all cultures and ages remains an important source of the art we make today.