Chicago's J. Ray Paradiso is a recovering academic in the process of refreshing himself as an experiMENTAL writer and photographer. Equipped with cRaZy quilt graduate degrees in both Business Administration and Philosophy, he labors to fill temporal-spatial, psycho-social holes and, on good days, to enjoy the flow. His stories and photos have appeared in dozens of publications both online and in print. All of his work is dedicated to his true love, sweet muse and body guard: Suzi Skoski Wosker Doski.