E. J. Gold
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| Birth name | Eugene Jeffrey Gold |
| Born | 1941 New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American (United States) |
| Field | Painting, Fiber art, Drawing, Printmaking, Ceramics, Sculpture |
| Training | Otis Art Institute, New York School |
Eugene Jeffrey (E.J.) Gold (born 1941) is an artist, author, jazz musician and spiritual teacher. Gold's large-scale JazzArt paintings have served as backdrops for Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Nancy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, and Toots Thielemans .[1] His artwork has appeared in the set of Sister, Sister, International Association for Jazz Education[2], Jazz at Lincoln Center, and other jazz venues. Gold has written and self-published over 50 books, including several New Age titles. In addition to starting an online science-fiction museum, he is a voting member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. His science fiction stories and articles have been published in a number of monthlies including Omni Magazine. In 1992, his artwork was part of a collaborative show with writer Margaret Randall at the Cedar Tavern in New York City.
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[edit] Early life and career
E.J. Gold is the son of Horace Gold, founding editor of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. He collaborated on several novels with his father during the 1960s, and they worked on television scripts during this same period.
Gold grew up in New York City and has stated he is friends with many of the writers from science fiction's golden age. He has appeared on panels with Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, and Alfred Bester at science fiction conventions.
As a child, he created and presented his artwork at the Children's Art Carnival at the Museum of Modern Art (1944-49). He has numbered among his friends many of the artists of the the Woodstock Art Association where he spent his summers.
In 1956 Gold moved to Hollywood, California, where his mother worked as a story editor for the Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock televison shows. He attended Los Angeles City College, Otis Art Institute and showed at Robert Comara and Joan Ankrum Galleries with friend/mentors Fritz Schwaderer and Peter Jan Hirschfeld.
[edit] Happenings
In the 1960s, Gold worked as a jazz musician, composer, and as a photographer for Tiger Beat magazine. His photo's of Harry Nilsson were used by RCA for album covers. He edited Mod Teen Magazine in the 1960s. He also worked as a continuity writer for the Bob Crane radio show on KNX.
Gold staged the "Saints' March" Art Happening where 40 saints were dropped from the official Vatican calendar. The event generated news items in Time and Newsweek leading to several television interviews with Joe Pyne and Richard Dawson.
By the early seventies, Gold emerged as a sculptor and painter associated with the "California Nine" group.[3]
[edit] Current works
Today, Gold is one of the older online gamers and he has participated in the production of Quake 2, Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair, Necronomicon, and other online first-person shooters. He has worked with Quake's Capture The Flag and with Team Fortress, both online team games used as teaching tools.[4]
He also gives workshops in onstage comedy, theatre, and controversial New Age Concepts. He is responsible for the creation of the "You Can Paint" art instruction series which is now used at a few universities and art associations.
Gold has created a line of hand-crafted fiber art beads and his painted celebrity-gear clothing line has been shown at various performance venues. His comedic/tragic play "Creation Story Verbatim" has been performed at several colleges.
[edit] Quotes
"What's Life? You start with nothing, end with nothing. In between, it's all jazz."
"The secret of jazz is not making it happen, but letting it happen."
[edit] Major publications
[edit] Science fiction
- (2007) DarkSide DreamWalker. ISBN 0-89556-140-9.
- RetroVisions Science Fiction. ISBN 0-89556-175-1.
- SlimeWars: The Epic.
- Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine (current editor of galaxyezine.org)
[edit] Fine art
- Amazing Sculpture You Can Do.
- Awesome Graphite Landscapes.
- Charcoal Nudes.
- Draw Good Now.
- (1991) Miro's Dream. ISBN 0-89556-055-0.
- Mysteries of Still Life.
- Pure Gesture. ISBN 0-89556-087-9.
[edit] Consciousness, death and dying
- Alchemical Sex.
- (1975) American Book of the Dead. ISBN 0-91590-412-8. (1978) American Book of the Dead (revised). ISBN 0-89556-007-0. (1981) New American Book of the Dead. ISBN 0-89556-029-1. (1987,1999) American Book of the Dead (revised). ISBN 0-89556-051-8. (1995) American Book of the Dead (revised). HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06251-310-9.
- Angels Healing Journey.
- Autobiography of a Sufi.
- Bardo Stations: A Guidebook for the Afterlife.
- The Book of Sacraments.
- Brother Godfrey's Journal.
- Creation Story Verbatim. ISBN 0-89556-047-X. (Also appears in script format for play.)
- The Great Adventure. ISBN 0-89556-110-7.
- The Hidden Work.
- (1985) The Human Biological Machine as a Transformational Apparatus. ISBN 0-89556-046-1.
- The Invocation of Presence.
- The Joy of Sacrifice.
- The Lazy Man's Guide to Death and Dying.
- (1991) Life in the Labyrinth. ISBN 0-89556-048-8.
- The Original Handbook for the Recently Deceased Workbook, Manual, Practicum. (with Dr. Claude Needham)
- Practical Work on Self. ISBN 0-89556-056-9.
- Secret Talks on Voluntary Evolution.
- The Seven Bodies of Man.
- Secret Talks With Mr. G..
- Shakti: The Gestalt of Zap.
- Songs My Dead Mother Sang Me. (with Parker Dickson, et al.)
- Tanks for the Memories. (with Dr. John C. Lilly)
- (1989) Visions in the Stone: Journey to the Source of Hidden Knowledge. Gateways/IDHHB. ISBN 0-89556-057-7. (Introduction by Robert Anton Wilson.)
[edit] The Secret Talks Volumes
- Volume I: The Human Biological Machine as a Transformational Apparatus.
- Volume II: Work on Self.
- Volume III: Prayer-Absolute and Sacred Obligation.
- Volume IV: Visions in the Stone (formerly Journeys to Inaccessible Monasteries).
- Volume V: Work of Groups.
- Volume VI: The Seven Bodies of Man.
- Volume VII: The Great Laws.
- Volume VIII: Science of Objective Hypnotism.
- Volume IX: Objective Magic and Ritual.
- Volume X: The Creation Story Verbatim.
[edit] References
- ^ Corriveau, Linda (1993). More Color Less Soul. Gateways Fine Art Series. ISBN 0-89556-099-2.
- ^ de Barros, Paul (January 21, 2007). Jazz Sheds Outlaw Status, but Not Its Heart and Soul. Seattle Times.
- ^ “The Great Human Potential Debate”, Magical Blend (no. 29): 25, January 1991
- ^ Burns, Alex (April 25, 2001). hacking the master game: e.j. gold and quake.
