The Funky Chicken

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Gender Female
Industry Arts
Occupation Art Teacher
Location Minden, LA, United States
Introduction I am an artist,a teacher, an environmentalist, a preservationist, an entrepreneur,a community builder, a wife and a mother and not necessarily in that order. But above all I am a humanitarian.
Interests Nature, camping, niking, painting, sculpting, writing, weaving pine straw baskets, mosaics, gardening, green living, permaculture, stirring up trouble, changing perceptions, advocating diversity, promoting the arts and culture, jelly making, living underground (both literally and figuratively), advocating for arts in education, promoting a greater appreciation for cultural diversity.
Favorite Movies Enemy Mine, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Fried Green Tomatoes, King Kong (any version), Young Frankenstien, and most recently, The Help.
Favorite Music Locally: Ben Jenkins, Adam Dale, and Fefe Byram. And Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Dan Fogleberg, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder and Nora Jones.
Favorite Books Black Like Me, The Good Earth, Ishmael, My Ishmael, Who Moved my Cheese?