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Greetings, dreamers!

Welcome to my artist website.

I appreciate you stopping by, and hope you enjoy spending some time in my little corner of the cyber-sky.

The "Classes & Events" page is updated twice a year with my spring and fall schedule, so if nothing is currently listed, please check back!

 

  Wishing you all the best, and a toast of thanks for lending your eyes, ears, hearts, and minds to the various artwork samples on the site. May they add some degree of value and verve to your day in Real Lifeland!

 

Cin cin!

xoxo

Memoir musing...

In 2021, I completed my MFA in Poetry with New England College. A highlight of my time in the program was collaborating with my thesis mentor—brilliant poet, author, educator, and all-around remarkable artist and human, Chen Chen—to draft a book-length manuscript from my growing collection of poems. The resulting work emerged as a kind of "bio-pictography," as it interlaced autobiographical poems with original photographs. Essentially a hybrid memoir, I'd like to think the work also functions as a handbook for the authentically inclined, an illustrated manual that illuminates how a life guided by inner-truth over situational fear at every juncture of choice—be it sized small, medium, or Holy shit!—will no doubt be arduous, but it will also...and more importantly, if only eventually...be 150% worth it.

I'm currently pursuing an MFA in Nonfiction with Goucher College, buckling down in the wordsmithery to refine my voice and expand my work as an essayist. Along the way, I'm reshaping the manuscript to include nonfiction vignettes, and am excited to find that in "following the brush" as I write, the work is evolving naturally into a zuihitsu, the fantastical Japanese literary form that feels spontaneous to read, but is in fact meticulously composed. I look forward to sharing individually published pieces in the near future, and in time, inviting you to read the book in its entirety.

 

Chen had some incredibly gracious words to share about my writing during his introduction to my graduation reading. Words such as (((blush)))... 

Here is a poet who refuses to settle for half-truths, restlessly striving instead toward a full aliveness that shines and shines with the integrity of hard-won, innermost knowledge.   - Chen Chen  

You can read the full introduction and learn more by clicking the image preview here. Cheers and thanks if you do!

LEARN MORE...

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My journey with song. . .

...unfolded across two decades of mic checks

performed from the juncture of In It 

Not--to--win--but---to--Live--Love--Lose--Learn--and--GIVE It...

hundreds of gigs...innumerable hours spent sleuthing the right word/note/melody/chord/groove/affordable-but-tasty bottle of red...one ocean...thirty states...tens of thousands of road warrior'd miles...bottomless mugs and thermoses of joe...five records...oodles of homespun demos...a treasure trove of live, recorded, and written collaborations with world--class musicians & tunesmiths...and most importantly, immeasurable joys shared with countless beautiful souls who I'll forever cherish as noble patrons and friends. But don't just take my word for it—take in these archived sights & sounds.

I       teaching.

Which is to say, I love demystifying poetry for those who are at once allured & alarmed by its soul-nourishing suckerpunches of Huh??! and Hmmmm... and Aaaaah. I also love teaching students (via classes and privately) who want to unearth and/or develop their voice and skill in any genre with a dedication to literary excellence—all the while ensuring the wells of personal fulfillment and creative inspiration stay full! It is my deepest joy and highest honor to regularly present a dynamic range of literary workshops, courses, and talks in partnership with public libraries, arts & education organizations, colleges, and high schools, as well as independently (on occasion) through online programming. Please check out the photo gallery above for a cyber-window into my world as a passionate teaching artist—and consider yourself ardently and eternally invited to an upcoming class or event

Shutterbuggin'...

Art is everywhere.

I like taking pictures, to prove it.

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Link here to read a short ARTIST BIO.

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