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  • Keeping the Silence!

    Was it really just one week ago that I met David Cowardin and heard the about the documentary- "Call Me Mental"?  It has been a roller coaster week with journeys back to the past and dreams of the future, memories… Continue reading

  • A Mom like Me

    This "Valentine" Lady was created in 2012.   Grey and burdened, raining pain, she bows to the emotions, is chilled by their feelings.   Is this a Love expression?   Are feelings of a broken heart evidence that you loved?… Continue reading

  • Beyond Faith

    I went back to my old church today…and I brought my new friend.   A cold and blustery day.  It matched my feelings. Who would have thought that someday, I would return…with a photojournalist. Trying to capture how this religion… Continue reading

  • I Love My Team!

    This morning I thought of doing a montage of folks who have helped bring awareness to My Lady…my art and backstory.  Those who have helped her enter into the public arena.  The brilliance of the Art is juxtapositioned with the… Continue reading

  • The Mic is Open.

    "Art is both therapy and tragedy. Somewhere in the mix lies hope for humanity. That is the foundation of our work … the intangible hope that pulls us toward some horizon we spend every day trying to explain, knowing that… Continue reading

  • Recovering My Mental Health

    Self diagnosed as "Abused"…back in December 2004…wasn't the real kingpin that flipped my world upside down, but the fact that it had been denied.   I have to read the definition of denied.  "State that one refuses to admit the… Continue reading

  • All of You!

    Day two of filming "Call Me Mental"  It is hard to articulate the process for it is Art in the making…and you are just a piece of a bigger picture…and yet how you present yourself will add or take away… Continue reading

  • How I came to be…

    First day of filming done….and actually David was here for the morning.  He was wonderful wonderful!  Kind, curious, attentive and very creative, quiet, responsive, and open.  The perfect photojournalist for me!  Thanks Chad Johnson for connecting us! He wanted a… Continue reading

  • Breaking the Silence of Denial.

    The good news about having such a short time to 'prepare' for the filming, is that there is no time to prepare….so you don't have to.   The normal response is how do I look and how does my home… Continue reading

  • My Lady is going on Film!

    The "Roots of Rescue" is a documentary on rescuing animals in the south, or perhaps the treatment of animals or even the separation of seeing even the animal and its needs. http://rootsofrescue.com  (you can "Like" Roots of Rescue on facebook and… Continue reading