Entries Tagged as ‘Healing Through Art’

January 24, 2008

My Father

Over the last couple of days I have been thinking a lot about my father. Thoughts like these always come unexpectedly and I think the timing is strange all things considered but there you have it. It is what it is.
A few years ago I took some pictures of  homeless men in NYC and they [...]

September 25, 2007

Las Hijas

Maria sent me an email saying that her movie Las Hijas is now available on DVD for sale on her website. I have had the pleasure of communicating with Maria a few times. She is a lovely person and I wish her great success.
Synopsis~
“Las Hijas” is a documentary about three young women who were [...]

August 15, 2007

They Know Not What They Do

My thoughts are with you today T.
The Invitation
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like [...]

May 3, 2007

Sculptures #2 and #3

 These are two more sculptures I made recently. I have some more firing  and defining to do but I felt like sharing them now.
Intimate Stranger was made to look like a wood carving. I plan to stain her so the chipping is more defined.  I think both of these sculptures are self explanatory but I [...]

April 12, 2007

Leaps and Bounds

With Theresa’s help we have put together a yahoo group for the video. Today we are going to send the invitation via email to those people who expressed an interest in helping out. We decided to create sort of a mastermind group of people to get this off the ground. As soon as we work [...]

March 22, 2007

Building Momentum

Do you know that over 11 MILLION people have viewed that video? 11 MILLION!!!! People have made their own FREE HUGS videos all over the world. France, Italy, Poland, Amsterdam, Spain……and on and on. The concept is pure brilliance.
I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am about this project! It’s definitely happening. [...]

March 9, 2007


February 24, 2007

Camel Book Drive

I have an addiction, I love books. Of course I love to read them but there is so much more to it. I don’t think there is anything quite like opening a brand new book. I love touching it, SMELLING the pages, admiring its beauty. I have this thing about my books. I [...]

January 18, 2007

Building Bridges of Understanding

I have given a great deal of thought to the complex emotions that an adoptee faces throughout life. The transformation that occurs as we become adults free to fully express previously suppressed feelings. What is it that we are trying to accomplish? I think first and foremost we do so in an attempt to [...]

January 16, 2007

Connected

After reading the poem below you may be surprised to know that I wrote it to myself. I have been working on issues of self worth lately and the poem was a gentle reminder to honor all of the qualities I think are positive about who I am. Knowing what I do [...]