Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Polymer Clay artist
Location	Longwood, Florida, United States
Introduction	I have been searching for a way to express my emotional side for a long time now. I have been through a lot in life, including nearly dying at the age of 27 from an aortic dissection~ which didn't kill me, but changed my view of life profoundly. Lets just say after cheating death and experiencing such physical and emotional hardship(lot's of "why me?")it is impossible to worry about what someone thinks about your way of expressing yourself. Little things become unimportant and love and relationships become all the more real and scary. I used to teach kindergarten, but had to retire due to issues with my blood pressure(I taught Kindergarten). Now I play with polymer clay, searching for a way to wrangle the colors to my aesthetic~ not too much luck with jewelry so far, and am going to try my hand at sculpting art dolls next!
Interests	Polymer Clay, writing, poetry, philosophy, creativity, secular humanism, sushi, reading, movies(foreign, classic, horror, real movie buff here!)
Favorite movies	To Kill A Mockingbird, Breaking the Waves, The Woman, Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, Anything by George Romero, Forrest Gump, An Education, and too many more to list.
Favorite music	New Order, Depeche Mode, The Killers, Katie Perry, The Cars, Gene Loves Jezzebel, Bjork,Ministry, Third Eye Blind, Adelle, Badly Drawn Boy, and lots more.
Favorite books	To Kill a Mockingbird, Life of Pi, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Any poem by Emily Dickinson, or Maya Angelou(books by the glorious Maya Angelou as well, specifically, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

If you were a cannibal, what would you wear to dinner?

Like Hannibal Lector, the skin of the person that I just finished off!