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I am an artist + educator + writer + explorer in various realms. Before 2 separate long illnesses took me down for the count, I was an exhibiting artist, a professor of art, a managing editor for an award-winning arts dotcom, a hot air balloon chaser, a pottery painter, a cater waiter, among other things.

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In between illnesses I walked two 500-mile caminos across Europe, spent a year living in Peru, including the Amazon Rainforest, and now live in Mexico.

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I've lived all across the United States and in other countries. I've taught art and theory at the university and graduate student levels, but also have been honored to share art with the elderly, teenagers, adults outside any institution, and differently abled adults at San Francisco's Creativity Explored. I ran The Temporary Autonomous Museum between 2004 -2010, staging pop-up exhibitions and events around the country. 

 

My favorite class I ever taught was based on a repurposed version of the Situationist psychogeography concept. It was called... "Psychogeographies" and used experiential explorations of various locations, connection + community, consciousness-jolting exercises, and creativity to bring that joy of epiphany and expansiveness to learning. I love seeing what happens when people are truly inspired no matter how it happens.

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After all I've seen and done I know transformation is possible for each of us in ways we've never dreamed; not only that, it's necessary for the well being of the planet. But I'm convinced real transformation happens in community, connection, and solidarity. 

 

I am currently managing Long Covid but working on teaching and creative projects that blend my past skills and experience and my expanding knowledge of Amazonian plant medicine/nature.

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Photo: In the Amazon with Curandero Guido Rimachi, 2020

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