: You're walking along the lamplit cobblestones, surrounded by the looming shapes
of old, European buildings. As you step into the midst of a large plaza a swirl of leaves suddenly twists past your nose and your eyes are drawn across the dizzying city lights to the shimmering blue of a thousand stars dotting the
night sky. The faint aroma of honey unexpectedly wafts from a nearby bakery, and as you shift a foot in that direction you turn to
see the time lit on a giant tower's clockface. Against the flat plate of orange light a rusty and crooked sign pokes into view. Your current location?
Cinnamon Square, where nostalgia and mystery dance endlessly to the resounding gong of the plaza clock. With a sly smile and a deep breath you turn about to get your pastry.
Welcome to Cinnamon Square! My name is Jerry D. Garcia, and I'm the artist/writer/creator of this website. At the moment of writing this I'm 23 years old, recently college graduated, and pursuing my dream career in drawing manga (Japanese style comic books). Pursuing is a good word, because I always seem to be just behind it. But I'm definitely closing in, I think! As you can see from this site Japanese art has been a major influence on my work, and my life in general. It's not the only thing that's influenced me though, and I hope that my travels and life experience can add a unique flavor that blends American, European, Asian, and generally a world flavor to the medium!
I made this web site with the hopes of sharing little quips of my works, my life, and my thoughts. I've made plenty of other websites before this that never quite made it onto the net though, mainly because they were far too ambitious in scope and required too much working on my part. I think fondly on them as any inventor would on their first creations, and I really wish you could see them... like the ramen-shop themed site, or the lighthouse with wacky tenants! But for now, we'll just have to make do with a cup of cocoa and a cinnamon roll, and cozy up to this somewhat simple sorta site for a spell.
Speaking of spells, I hope my work can do a little magic on your sense of nostalgia too. It's what I live for! I hope it's imbued with and imparts that simple, down-to-earth feeling that warms the heart like a big quilt on a rainy day. Yeah I'm self-admittedly a dork, but I'm happy anyways. I hope that you can leave having felt just a little more nostalgic for something. So relish your baker's pastry, enjoy the twilight starshine, and have yourself a by-golly-jolly-good time. Cheers!
- Jerry D. Garcia