ANNIE

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About me

Industry Arts
Occupation artist/poet/teacher
Location San Jose, California, United States
Introduction Draw. Write. Pedal. Paddle. Walk in the Woods. Make faces. Love as much as you can.
Interests Metaphor, words and images, drawing pictures and coloring, hiking, biking, redwoods, breathing mountain air as often as possible, making stuff, spending time with creative people, getting the republicans out of office and fighting criminals(oh wait, that's the same thing), craft beer, lovin' my critters.
Favorite Movies Sunset Boulevard, Amelie, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, Tipping the Velvet, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder version), The Avengers (Emma Peel episodes only--she's so hot), and anything with Emma Thompson.
Favorite Music U2, No Doubt, Pink Floyd, Mana, Rush, Sublime, Comandante Mono, Johnatha Brooke, The Pretenders, Little Big Town, Amanda Marshall, Allison Krauss, Dixie Chicks, oh--there are far too many to list. Favorite artists: Thomas Harte Benton, Maurice Sendak, Dorothea Lange, Van Gogh, Paul Klee, E. Hopper
Favorite Books All J.Steinbeck books(but especially The Pastures of Heaven), Poetry by Robinson Jeffers, A Natural History of the Senses, all books by Rachel Carson (my hero), Time and Materials by Robert Hass, Mary Oliver's poetry and thanks god for her poetry handbook.

What would you name your ballet inspired by the sight of children leaping through a garden sprinkler?

Plight of the Bumblebees