Harriott, Cedric Paul: - "Cedric Paul Harriott is a multi-faceted creative artist, scholar, and historian. He was born in Washington, D.C., and now lives in Baltimore, MD. Cedric is a writer, engineer, master mystic monk, musician, and the owner of three businesses - Cultured Melanin: Literary + Visual Arts Studios (CM.LVAS), The School of the Ancient Alkebu-lanic Mystic Rites, Inc. (SAAMR, Inc.), and Urban Afro-Artisan Coffee & Creations Company (UAAC+CCo.) In addition to his given name, he operates under three pseudonyms, Abbot Kai Kihran, Heh Heru, and Kai Eroh Kihran depending on the creative project. Driven by his immense love of history, the sciences, his African heritage, his talents as a musician, and his gifts as a creative artist, he thrives when in the realms of deep contemplation, ambition, and while hiking on his various favorite trails such as the Appalachian Trail. One of his favorite sayings comes from a lasting spell of deep thought, where he came up with the saying, Perspectives change when knowledge is obtained. - A phrase of multiple meanings as knowledge is also referring to no ledge."