Celebrating Rick Allen- DEP July 2023, Writer of the Month —

Congratulations, Let Us Celebrate!

Rick Allen an electronic engineer by his original profession has become a storyteller recently.

Dancing Elephants Press discovered his extraordinary talent for writing beautiful stories.

Rick Allen is the writer of the month of July for Dancing Elephants Press.

Congratulations, Rick Allen!

The Elephant of Dancing Elephants Press announces this with his trumpet.

Rick started his career as an electronic engineer but in 1976 he suddenly realized that he could draw and paint and he was bored with his present profession.

He changed his profession to be an artist. He began to paint portraits of beautiful women and was able to get a lot of contracts. He became a very successful artist.

He bought his own van and he traveled in it. He became a traveling artist.

The pictures below are a testimony to his artistic abilities.

In 1986 the artist changed his profession and became a software engineer and for years he continued with this profession.

In the meanwhile, he worked in the airforce for a while too.

One fine day he felt he was not happy and wanted to go back and become an artist again.

Rick Allen lives in a beautiful area where he loves to go hiking and bicycle rides with his partner and draws and paints drawing his inspiration from nature around him.

Recently Rick has been adjudged the artist of the year at Fountain Hills. Congratulation dear Rick Allen

A view from his home. You look at it and feel refreshed.

Since January 2023 Rick Allen decided to write stories. Some of his beautiful personal stories are listed below.

Rick says he loves to write stories. He thought that he should communicate with stories to make others aware of the profound lessons he had learned.

1️⃣When Rick felt down under and not too happy. He was feeling that he had writer’s block but the news of congratulations for being the writer of the month reached him and he cheered up. So he wrote this story:

2️⃣ Rick Allen’s journey as a traveling artist. How he lived and his experiences as he traveled to 14 shows the first summer throughout the Midwest, United States.

3️⃣ Rick Allen talks about how you should attain joy in your life by reflecting on your core values and writing them down. Setting an inspiring goal aligns with your core values. Take action to strengthen a connection or build a new relationship, meet a loved one, join a social group, or volunteer in your own community. Connect with people.

4️⃣ Rick Allen speaks about the power of silence in making a connection. It is not always necessary to talk and communicate. Silence has its own merit.

5️⃣Rick Allen made a friend from the most unexpected source and he become his lifetime support.

You saw the range of professions and changes Rick Allen made in his life. He wants everyone to get a chance to do what they really want to do in life.

Rick Allen shared his message to the world:

Be yourself, know yourself and allow others to be themselves. Each one must have a choice to do what they want to do.

Dr. Gabriella Korosi took the most wonderful interview with our writer Rick Allen

It is a joy to listen to both of them. Gabriella’s questions and the way Rick has answered them are just amazing.

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