
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.
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Wishing you all the best and a toast of thanks for lending your eyes, ears, hearts, and minds to the various artworks shared on the site. May you find that in return they lend some degree of value and verve to your days out there 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 marvelous artist and human, Chen Chen—to draft a book-length manuscript from my growing collection of poems. The work emerged as a kind of "bio-pictography," if you will, as it interlaced a curation of autobiographical poems and original photographs. I came to view the book not just a hybrid memoir, but as a poetic "field guide" for truthseeking mortals, an illustrated manual meant to reveal how a life guided by inner-truth over situational fear at every juncture of choice—be it sized small, medium, or Holy shit!—will surely be arduous, but it will also, and more importantly...if only eventually...be 150% worth it.
I'm currently pursuing a "sibling" MFA in Nonfiction with Goucher College, buckling down in the wordsmithery to refine my voice and elevate 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, its shape is naturally evolving into a zuihitsu, the inimitable Japanese literary form that feels improvisational and spontaneous to read, but is in fact meticulously composed. I look forward to sharing individually published essays in the near future, and in time, inviting you to read the memoir in its entirety as a modern-day pillow book for the imaginatively inclined.
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. Thanks so much if you do!

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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/rhythm/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...tons of homespun demos...a brimming treasure chest of live, recorded, and written collaborations with world--class musicians & tunesmiths...and most importantly, immeasurable joys shared with countless listening souls-turned-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 sucker punches of huh??! and hmmmm... and aaaaah. I also love instructing writing students who want to unearth and/or develop their authentic voice with a dedication to literary excellence. To these scholarly & artistic ends, it is my ongoing joy and honor to create and present dynamic workshops, classes, and talks in partnership with public libraries, colleges, and arts organizations across the Metro NY Region, as well as through independent online programming. Please check out the photo gallery above for a window into my world and way of being as a passionate, uncaped crusader of verse—if it resonates, I'd love to see you at an upcoming class or event!

Shutterbuggin'...
Art is everywhere.
I like taking pictures, to prove it.




Link here to read a short ARTIST BIO.