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Tim Pluta

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  • Portrait of Pluta sitting on the ground holding a singing bell with a statue of Buddha behind him. They represent the tools for exploring his spirituality, and that to, "LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN to the bell" brings him to his true home. He moved to Asheville in 2001 from an organic farm in Mars Hill to be closer to his wife's graduate school and to get off the farm. They have stayed because it feels right, there is good weather, schools, and people.