Soul Collage #1

A couple of weeks ago I took a brief workshop with Cynthia Tom on soul collage. She’s a certified Soul Collage facilitator. I made three collages and she helped me interpret them.

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New exhibit: “Right Here, Right Now”

I recently found out my artwork will be included in an exhibit, Right Here, Right Now at Richmond Art Center and NIAD Art Center. Two artists were chosen to show at NIAD Art Center. I’m one of them! I can hardly believe it. It is such an honor. The other…

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Work in progress continued

Francis Bacon was an artist whose studio was a messy galore. I, too, work in this way. This has hindered my social life, but this is the only way I can work. I think it makes me feel uninhibited. I know it’s not socially acceptable to live this way, and…

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Work in progress The Bird

This new work will be exhibit at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato, CA. The opening reception is in 2 weeks. And the installation day is in one week. Yet I just started last week. I seem to do this every time. Procrastination is my process. I think about…

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thank you cards for the UMI production

Thank you cards to Judy, the artistic director of OnenessButoh, Kallan, the artistic director of Rain Ensemble and Naoko who attended many of OnenessButoh rehearsals. Kallan and Naoko accompanied our dances with live music, accommodated our limitations, and simplified the music so we could follow along. These three were instrumental…

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Staghorn Ferns

I’ve been a little bit obsessed with ferns lately. Last summer I allowed myself to have a fern. I used to think ferns were out of my league, that I should only like drought tolerant plants. It was the sensible thing to do. Succulents. Chapparal plants. Grassland plants. Plants from…

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Ode to Minamata

I have the good fortune to train with OnenessButoh dance group for over a year now. I’m still very much a novice, so I am a bundle of a lot of emotions, but mostly so humbled to be preparing and participating in a performance, Umi,  with such a seasoned and…

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Thriller zombie #3

  Since 2015 I have been performing Thriller dance with my group, Bay Area Flash Mob. At first I thought it would be a pain in the ass because of all the makeup. My experience with makeup has been very poor because I used to dance Balinese dance and their…

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