Drummer, Artist, Photographer, short filmmaker, student of Tao, little calm center of the world. Haro's patience could be described almost as endless. His mission is basic. Never stop growing, never stop learning, always find a way to better oneself. The technique he has developed as an artist has been a combination of many influences throughout his life. Born in Santa Monica, CA, the earliest traces of Haro's love for the arts comes from his father. A Deacon and band leader earlier in his hometown of Beirut, Lebanon, his father had a lust for music that was overshadowed by the love of his family. When his father unexpectedly passed away while Haro was a young boy, it was a sharp turn in which the reverberations would be realized many years later in his art. As he grew older, his experiences followed. Haro began to progress the tool for people to see the imagination that he constantly had in his mind. "I didn't know what imagination and interpretation was, but I always focused on it" Haro states. "When I began dropping the following of trend and became more independent is when I started getting into visual and auditory art." "I believe that art is a universal language. It has no boundaries and no rules. If I want to paint with fire as my medium, that is what I will do. If I want to write messages underneath my paintings, I will do that. With a background of studies in philosophy, Taoism, Kriya Yoga, and autodidactic in music, art, filmmaking and photography, Haro ties in all forms of influence into visual art. It's his undying passion to be the best he can be that makes him an inspiration to better himself and an inspiration to many of his peers. Some of Haro's inspiration underlies within, but is not limited to: Alex Grey, Oscar Reutersvard, HR Giger, Banksy, Salvador Dali, Jackson Pollock, MC Escher, Alfred Hitchcock, Krikor Istamboulian, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, Paramahansa Yogananda, Garo Malkhassian, William Shakespeare, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Mark Twain and an endless list of musical and authorial references. (April, 2004)

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