"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To her, a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create-so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, her very breath is cut off from her. She must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency she is not really alive unless she is creating"

~Pearl S. Buck

I keep my spirit vitalized by creating mixed media sculpture, exploring narrative photography, participating in collaborative art projects, volunteering for various Portland organizations, doing yoga, walking in the woods and along the Oregon coast collecting the next sculpture inspiration that nature offers me, camping, blossoming as part of the ecstatic dance community, making my voice heard as a quiet activist for various humanitarian issues, appreciating live theater and music in Portland and enjoying the vastly rich life that Oregon has to offer me, but especially spending time with my family. I am savoring my new journey as I explore the middle road of Buddhism. I try to live an "intentional life" every day with  Jo"Y"! I feel like a square peg who has finally found her square hole!

I am a member of the Pacific NW Sculptors,  The International Sculpture Center, The American Craft Council, and The Portland Women's Art Circle