Hi Gene,
I'm thrilled about the opportunity to be featured in the Author Showcase and I really appreciate the support from @curie and all of its curators. Everyone involved in curie makes steemit a much more rewarding experience, so I just wanted to thank you for your time and effort.

As for a statement, you're welcome to use any or all of the following:

Steemit has been a significant motivating factor in my efforts to develop as a photographer, writer, and artist. Seeing the conglomeration of talented artists and photographers on this platform creates a daily push for me to improve my work and create more often.

While in this post and many of my others the focus is photography and travel, my true passion is glassblowing. I mention this here because through this showcase I hope to reach other Steemit users enthusiastic about glass and glassblowing. The glassblowing community is relatively small when compared with the other arts but I'd love to see it grow on this platform and to see the same daily pushes I see from glass artists.

This said, I will continue posting about all my different interests and for those who enjoy following my travels I'm leaving for Ireland next week, so stay tuned!

-Thanks again Gene,
spc