I am in Florida, at the airport, on my way home from two weeks of intensive studio classes for my masters degree. There are so many layers and angles to my experience here…I am still digesting it all, but a theme definitely emerged. During our final discussion for the printmaking class, one of the other students, Annette Saldana, said “just […]
Are you fake with your art?
How to use authentic movement to relieve anxiety and stress
An unwelcome friend has returned to my life. Anxiety. Ahhh…..anxiety. I went a few years without much of it, but lately it has been providing a bitter hum to my days. I hoped giving up caffeine would solve it. It did not. Anxiety. My dear friend. It started up a couple of weeks ago, in response to a stressful […]
Do you love your body?
I miss being 8 years old and how freely I danced. My mother was in graduate school, and she listened to classical music while she studied. And I would dance. And dance and dance. I loved to move. Until puberty. This is familiar story to so many women. The moment when their body became a stranger. The realization that their […]