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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Fine Artist, Communications, Project Management |
| Location | Phoenix, AZ, United States |
| Introduction | Published fine artist and author. Offering "Healing Mural Art": Uniquely Inter-active story-telling wall art. |
| Interests | I love all things Anthropological (except monkeys - ew), including the laborious clinical papers with big words on juicy digs, new etymology connections or deliciously obscure, wholly unsubstantiated cultural theories. I am passionate about all things Theatre Arts, regretting I quit piano lessons at 14 and am limited now to only playing a few hymns for fun. I don't know what my excuse is for Spanish; me gusto muchisimo pero no puedo hablar como una nativa. Que lastima! I fearlessly crave la oportunidad to practice with anyone, anytime. I will never ever read "Twilight" or "Harry Potter", so don't ask. I am resistant to historical fiction, preferring the ridiculously fascinating twists of the real thing. I am not afraid of skeletons in the closet of World History, but I refuse to accept blame for what my ancestors did to your ancestors a really long time ago. I mean, if you go back far enough in anyone's family tree, somebody was outrageously rude to somebody. It's more about potable resources and the shameless greed of human nature than anything else - and it always works both ways. I believe the Bernina sewing machine ought to be considered for a Nobel Prize, and JoAnn's Fabrics & Crafts, Inc. ought to be publicly shamed for buying out competitors and then systematically closing shop - leaving an unforgivable, sucking void in the East & Central Phoenix area. I also believe one of the most common mistakes adults make when dealing with children is to vastly underestimate their capacity. Shame on us. I firmly believe we will answer one day for how we have treated animals, but I do not endorse dressing them up in little wedding dresses or tiaras. I am a natural visual-thinker, Watercolor Diva, costume & props nut, a teaching-kids-the-joy-of-singing-and-love-of-literature maniac, thrilled to be a grandmother/mama and a lover of beautiful language and the magic of words. (Not that you would know from this little prize, but I'm O.K., you're O.K.). |
| Favorite Movies | The Man Of La Mancha, Fiddler On The Roof, Shower, Kikujiru, Cry, The Beloved Country, Camelot, Everything Is Illuminated, My Dog Skip, Smoke Signals, Il Postino, Big Fish, Moulin Rouge, Les Miserables, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Phantom Of The Opera, Freaky Friday, Mid-Summer Night's Dream, 13 Going on 30, North By Northwest, Rear Window, Heaven Can Wait, Little Women (1994), It's A Wonderful Life, The Seven Samurai, Apollo 13, To Sir With Love, Good-bye Mr. Chips, Darby O'Gill, Ben Hur, The Bridge On The River Kwai, West Side Story, The King And I & Anna And The King Of Siam, Montey Python And The Search For The Holy Grail, Airplane, Paulie, Newsies, Hopscotch, Inherit The Wind, Much Ado About Nothing, Avatar, Lawrence Of Arabia, Singles Ward, Whale Rider, Oliver, Scrooge, Psycho, Wait Until Dark, Stranger Than Fiction, National Velvet, The King's Speech, Bridesmaids |
| Favorite Music | Chamber Music (Vivaldi!), Classic Rock & Selected Hard Metal (Dave Mason, Heart, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Original Chicago, Orleans, Jon Butcher, Yngwie, Dio, Metallica! Queensryche!), Latin (Mana! Gypsey Kings!), Indie (Modest Mouse, White Stripes, Snow Patrol!) New Age (David Lantz, Bluegrass, Folk, Ltd. Techno (Moby!), Contemporary Christian (Crystal Lewis, Jars of Clay, Avalon, Ray Boltz!) & Brass Baroque, and Incredible Vocal Harmonies ie: Gaither Brothers & Vocal Point, Adel |
| Favorite Books | Cry the Beloved Country, Things Fall Apart, 1776, All Things Bright and Beautiful, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, The Guns Of Navarone, The Mormon Way of Doing Business, The Dream Keeper, The Ladies No. One Detective Agency, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time, Team Of Rivals, John Adams, Flowers For Algernon, Thermopylae, Where The Red Fern Grows, Cheaper By The Dozen, Robinson Crusoe, Black Beauty, Look Me In The Eye, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, The Scarlet Letter, Last Of The Mohicans, Number The Stars, The Giver, Moby Dick, Pride And Prejudice, A Tale Of Two Cities, Ferdinand The Bull, White Fang, The Little Prince, Charlotte's Web, Lone Survivor, O Jerusalem |