About Me

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I am a multidimensional, hands-on creative artist and poet with a San Diego based home studio. Having always been too curious and too creative, I have continually studied a variety of artistic disciplines and philosophies throughout my life with established teachers...unstable teachers, artists, schools and whatnot. This, paired with a lifelong investigation into spirituality, has given me a large creative toolkit from which to draw ;) and interest to (respectively) play with, break, challenge, modify, ignore and celebrate the rules related to the aforementioned studies. I am a strong believer in not messing with a child's innate curiosity and wonder, the value of family (however defined), individual creativity, community, and our environment. I continue to study and enjoy creative expressions-with the exception of acid jazz. Some common characteristics found within my work are: re-purposing everyday items and discard-able things, harmonizing opposites, playing with current beliefs and assumptions with a whimsical twist, and delicately blending spontaneity with discipline. The end results are simple, joyful expressions of wonder imbued with an invitation to discover more.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Rainwater Tea










































2 days later...




























Saturday, November 29, 2014

New Hit Single This Holiday Season


I've come up with the title for this holiday season's new hit single.


My Fish Don't Know It's Christmas Time -
but I doooo...

jingle bells.
jingle bells -
gurgle, gurgle, pop...







Monday, November 24, 2014

Majestic's Canvas


























































































































moment's breath. there is only the sound of excruciating awe

in
as
and of
the everything



how is it possible
to be sitting
here and there

still

whilst inside

obliterated   
expanded   
and
consumed   












Thursday, October 9, 2014

O




it all comes from the same place
is made from the same stuff
returns back from itself into itself
            and back to forth
... with maybe a bit of rest now and then too

but not really




what a glorious miracle "reality" is -
so darn believable!




Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Postcards From The Path, San Francisco










I was inspired - Poetry Bombing at 
The Beat Museum,
 San Francisco, CA, USA







A nod to George Rodrigue with a little twist and glitter











Love the detail on this grate-ffiti.  (you will have to zoom in)
Fun to have spied this style around the city.
(Same artist below)













The Bay - San Francisco's Symphony Hall's loading bay that is.
I currently have a cone fixation as I am currently working on a silly series with them.  
I like how taking the vibrancy out of the color by going grey scale forces the viewer to see the familiar objects as part of a composition.  The texture and pattern is yummy and I can hear the Sesame Street tune "one of these is not like the other..." playing in the back of my mind - even though all the objects are traffic related items.
I guess it would be nice of me to show the original photo, but I'm not going to. One's mind already has filled in the colors, 
lighting a smile of recognition.









Like A Finger Pointing To The Moon




packages of rain for envelopes

full of sunshine
                                 that last a whole day through
       ...

you can sprinkle them 'round as you see fit:

sow them like clouds
sew them like seeds
                                   all stitched together

like a smile







Collage by Dawn Jacobson










Saturday, September 13, 2014

Pigs In A Blanket




Had a wee bit a fun at the store today...






darn, a bit blurry













Saturday, August 9, 2014

less~ness~ing





All the words
they say Nothing

All the pictures
can tell no Truth

the thoughts, predicable thoughts
are thin -
            tasteless
                       and stale.


what is one to do
with all this glorious
nothingnessless


...to scream?
to shout from the bottom
of the toes?...



Eye sees You.

   I hear You.

    taste You.   smell You.

I can feel the every
Pointlessnessing

and giggle.




still

Here.

must one stand
oh so very still,
inside -
oh so painfully,   blissfully

pretendingness not to notice








Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Fee Fee Likes All The Notes, But Her Favorite Is The High Spade
















#pinkcat #violin #music #whimsy 
#dream #Feefee #parmesan #Beethoven 

Visual Postcard Popsicles



Enjoyed volunteering and seeing a few productions during the San Diego Fringe Festival.
Wonderfully creative, talented and inspiring event...






I never new I wanted a Boris Yeltsin Nesting Doll -
 a fun Fringe find none the less






The Ancient Gallery















The Ancient Gallery






California Rhythm Project








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 Fringhenge 







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Letters To Laura stage pet

...the first, 
and probably only time, 
EVER,
one will see 
easy glide dental floss 
paired 
with a faux clown fish.

Enchanting.







The Ancient Gallery

















California Rhythm Project