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About Me

As an artist, I am inspired by the Feminist Art Movement, especially its emphasis on art as a means for creation of community and as a voice for social change. I am also influenced by â€˜outsiderâ€™ artists, Dada, and third world people who make art from the trash heap of civilization. I am especially inspired by the anonymous artists from every culture of the world, over the centuries, who made art from the depths of their souls, moved by awe and wonder at life itself and its mysteries.Visit my site! MultipleVisionsStudio.com .I'm newer as a writer, currently working on memoir vignettes and whatever else interests me.My third passion is my day job. I am a psychotherapist in private practice, with a specialty in dreams, creativity and the unconscious, and resolution of creative blocks.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Other visual artists and creative people in all the arts and sciences, who use their talents to create community and inspire vision and hope for a better world.

Music:

Classical music, especially chamber music; jazz; klezmer; Appalachian mountain music.

Movies:

I love having Netflix!

Books:

Gypsy Tears, Loving a Holocaust Survivor, by Cora Schwartz. A passionate love story for everyone; a film waiting to happen.

Heroes:

The ordinary people of the world, whose names we may not know. All of us on MySpace who are working for social change from the grassroots.

My Blog

Red, White,...& Blue

Marriage is as American as apple pie, true now in California for same sex couples as well. "If you want to get married, you have to annul your Canadian marriage first, because you can't get married t...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:26:00 PST

Convivencia & Optimism

In Madrid, there were posters everywhere for a popular current show: "Anne Frank, the Musical." Anne Frank's face smiled out from every billboard and bus stop shelter. It initially felt absurdly surre...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:48:00 PST

Dreaming of Convivencia

I didn't expect the vendors from Nepal, with their beautfiful pseudo-Pashmina shawls, to be in the courtyard of the Granada Cathedral on Easter Sunday morning, reminding me that globalization is perv...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PST

Looking for Convivencia: Tibet

Passover: a retelling of the journey from slavery to freedom; the leaving of our internal Egypt, the narrow place of our fears, our narrow ways of thinking, - and moving forward into unchartered terri...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:00:00 PST

Looking for Convivencia: The View from Toledo

Light poured through the stained-glass window, pooling on to the stone floor. The Toledo Cathedral was stunning, awesome beyond words. We ended our tour at a small courtyard surrounding what had once ...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:41:00 PST

Looking for Convivencia: I Left My Heart in Cordoba

Timelessness happens in Cordoba. The stones of the small, and simple synagogue were cool to the touch. I could feel their roughness surrounding my back and shoulders as I huddled in a corner. This was...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:16:00 PST

Looking for Convivencia: Santa Maria La Blanca, Toledo

No literature or plaques indicate that the Church of Santa Maria La Blanca was originally a synagogue. A visitor wouldn’t necessarily know it, except perhaps for some Judaica in the adjoining gi...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:44:00 PST

Looking for Convivencia

We got to the Museum of Jewish History in Girona, Spain, fifteen minutes before it closed early for Good Friday. The employees were Catholic, and were being given time off for the holiday. Worst of al...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:06:00 PST

Valentines Day for All of Us!

I created the Freedom to Marry Angel in 1996 as a gentle warrior, protective of lovers everywhere. Her shield is the pink triangle and her sword a bouquet of flowers. As a copyrighted logo she was pri...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:24:00 PST

An Historical Footnote

"We don't have school on Monday, because it's Martin Luther King Day", my six year old grandson announced. "Who was Martin Luther King?" I asked, curious what his first grade class was being taught. ...
Posted by MultipleVisions on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:33:00 PST