IDOL THREAT?IS ARTIST PAUL WILSON'S PROVOCATIVE WORK REALLY ALL STALK AND NO ACTION?

"In reality, I wouldn't want it to be brutal, though," Wilson continues. "I'd want it to be fun."
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@body:"I don't see how anyone with any degree of sophistication could begin to take this as a serious threat," says ASU art instructor Muriel Magenta, referring to Wilson's pictorially sinister narrative. Calling Wilson a true "standout" among all the students she's taught during her many years at ASU (Wilson produced the Stevenson stalker video in one of her classes), Magenta praises Wilson's unbridled imagination--particularly those flights of artistic fancy that move his work into areas that may be unsettling to some viewers.

"Paul's gift is that he can take all these things that the media's throwing out at him, bring them into his own realm and put this extraordinary spin on them," says Magenta, who claims she's often wondered why Wilson hasn't done more to capitalize on his talent.

"He's a true artist, but he's hiding under a rock, in a way," says Magenta. "But on the other hand, he's at peace with himself, and there's certainly something to be said for that. "A lot of people with his talent would head for New York or Los Angeles, but he seems happy rooted in Phoenix," Magenta continues. "And like the saying goes, 'If it's not broken, don't fix it.' If Paul left Phoenix, one of two things would happen. He'd either fly with it or just crack. My personal opinion is that he'd fly.