David Knoebel Click Poetry     Bio   "The English language includes more than 250,000 words. Good combinations are still available." -- David Knoebel     What's he done with his life? He fiddles with words. He could've been anything. An accountant. A dentist. He could've gone into his Uncle Jim's car dealership. He had his chances. But no. He thinks he's an 'artiste', some kind of big shot. Last week, he dreamed he was the Buddha; the week before that, a Chanel wallet still flat in its box. What kind of stability is that? -- Aunt Leona   Knoebel was born in the US in 1949. His first major work, a crayon mural completed at age 3 on the living room wall, was a critical disaster. Nevertheless, he persevered. He spent the summers of his teen years working at an amusement park where he discovered his love of space, movement, and light.   After studying art in college, he moved to New York City and had his first one man show there in 1976. Since then, his work has been seen in galleries throughout the US and Europe. He has work in private collections, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art (God bless'em) owns two of his works on paper.   Knoebel's web page, "Click Poetry", first appeared in 1996. His webwork has been featured on Compuserve, About.com, Light & Dust, Zn, trAce, Webartery, Web3D/VRML 2000, the International Computer Graphics Festival, Infos2000, The Poets' Place, netart00, Riding the Meridian, Jumpin' at the Diner, FILE, Cauldron & Net, the Carmen Conde Foundation, and The Iowa Review Web.   Knoebel's screenplay "Joyland" tells the story of two bank robbers who pull off their first heist, but flub the getaway. As cops close in, the duo holes up in an amusement park dark ride. "Joyland" was a semi-finalist in Francis Ford Coppola's 2008 American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition.   <