Serena
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | writer/artist |
| Location | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States |
| Introduction | I am an artist, musician, writer. I also have late-stage chronic neuro-borreliosis (neuro-Lyme). I've given up music and must pace the use of my hands for writing and art. Like breath, writing and art are not optional. |
| Interests | Writing creative nonfiction, poetry, short and long fiction. Drawing and painting with water media and mixed media (which means I love everything!). Reading and telling good stories. Spinning & dyeing all kinds of fibers, knitting, fiber arts, wearable arts. Learning. Teaching. Living in community. |
| Favorite Movies | May I Be Frank, Up, Forks Over Knives, Galaxy Quest, What the Bleep do we Know, Under Our Skin, The Princess Bride, The Incredibles, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Harry Potter movies, August Rush |
| Favorite Music | Smooth or classical Jazz, movie soundtracks, meditative music, certain types of very hard rock, Bonnie Rait, Indigo Girls, KD Lang, Aretha Franklin, Bobby McFerrin, Smashing Pumpkins, CyndiLauper, Nat King Cole, Elton John, Kronos Quartet, Fleetwood Mac, John Mellencamp, Johnny Clegg & Savuka, Marc Cohn, Melissa Ethridge, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, REM, The Rose Ensemble. R. Carlos Nakai, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, U2, Todd Rundgren |
| Favorite Books | The Year of Ice by Brian Malloy, Sheepish by Catherine Friend, all Harry Potter novels, On Writing by Stephen King (not a novel, but such a good read about writing novels, I must list it), The Lord of the Rings, many more (may add them later)., Sue Grafton, JK Rowling, Tom Clancy, Kate Elliott, Barbara Kingsolver, Anne McCaffrey, Anne Rice |