ARTIST STATEMENT

Healing is an intimate, sometimes circuitous pursuit with no end destination. It’s a life-long journey that pushes pieces of oneself to the forefront to confront life’s deepest fears, secrets, and pains on the way to victorious epiphanies or understandings.

My poetic writing seeks to highlight the stops along this voyage: recognition, rage, pain, empathy, love, joy and more spurred by spending time in nature, or ecotherapy, experiencing new cultures and food through travel and the consumption of art. Running long paths through woods both near and far, practicing yoga on sandy shores, or planting new gardens have made space for the cultivation of forgiveness and the birth of new, literary art.

A small collection of my poetry, “The Gathering,” will be on display at Midway Arts Center from May 7 - May 25.