MY work REACHES ACROSS many mediums & SPATIAL FIELDS , ALL ENCOMPASSED as A COLLECTIVE HEALING ARTS.

i believe THROUGH SELF EXPRESSION WE CAN PROCESS, TRANSFORM, HEAL, & TRANSCEND OUr EXPERIENCE.

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AS SEEN in THIS PORTFOLIO, EXPLORED MEDIUMS INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN, JEWELRY, MOVEMENT & sound.

I am often inclined to keep learning, to push further, to find a new means of expression when i get stuck, 

so i give myself permission to move through phases of my creativity with different mediums, allowing me to find new paths or means to the other side of that which desires to be released.

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at times, drawing or painting gives me the best translation of a feeling, sometimes a camera is my best choice to frame an experience, & at times the physicality of hammering metal gives way to the form i want to bring to life.

art making is an entirely cathartic experience for me, i hope that through sharing my work the viewer may be inspired to find their own preferred release.

EACH MEDIUM serves as its own unique means OF EXPRESSION, acting as a portal through which an investigation & dissection of my & the viewer's perception can be examined.

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Nature is among my most powerful & constant inspirations, ever ephemeral. The plants, TREES, fungi, flowing waters; all guides that offer insight & illumination while working through the artistic process.

In the presence of a towering forest or the rhythmic ebb of lakes & oceans i am reminded the CYCLES of life, growth, decay, & renewal to which we are intrinsically connected.

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A WALK IN THE WOODS or paddling lake Michigan CAN FILL ME WITH INSPIRATION AND IDEAS TO NOURISH ME FOR DAYS.

These natural forces have the power to RESET my inner compass & EXPOSE when i have strayed from the path of wholeness. When art is not available, a deep woods hike may be all i need to release stagnancy.

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MY WORK IN MOVEMENT & MEDITATIVE arts GIVES ME A CONTAINER TO LEAD FROM INTUITION & SHARE MY LEARNED UNDERSTANDING OF THE BODY, with all OUR FUNCTIONAL & DYSFUNCTIONAL PATTERNS.

as an instructor, MY INTENTION IS TO GUIDE PEOPLE INTO A CLEARER CONNECTION WITH THEIR BREATH & BODY, TO A CALMER STATE WITHIN THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEM, LEARNING TO SELF REGULATE & REFLECT ON OUR HABITUAL NATURE, to REWRITE OUTDATED PATTERNS SO WE MAY MOVE FROM OUR MOST GROUNDED STATE.

i am intrigued by THE CONTINUOUS UNFOLDING OF self. There is always more healing work to be done, my journey is to recognize what has been alchemized & released, & stay open to what has yet to be discovered within.

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outside of my work in the arts, I am most often in the woods or water with my pup, in a garden, or foraging wild ingredients for a Door County Underground farm dinner.

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