I am first and foremost a poet. My poetry speaks through different media in addition to the written word. A musician, songwriter, producer and co-producer I have written over 75 songs, officially released two CDs and have been involved in five serious live bands and projects . My lyrics are almost all spontaneous first takes. I am also a fine art and documentary photographer. I carry at least one, and many times two or three cameras with me at all times.

Each of these components supports one another through various common themes with one underlying motivation: Minimalism. From my experience in this work, I am drawn to repetition, simplicity and dynamic range. In my poetry, I write from the perspective of a child having had her thoughts get tangled in an escalator. In my music and photography I explore the existential and physical aspects of life.

Having started as a short story writer who whittled down my stories into sudden fictions and then into poems, I see all my work resorting to the same path. Things are simple and yet never simplistic. One does not need to be a virtuoso to be a master of his/her own style and evoke the emotions that a perfectly honest child's drawing evokes.

I am interested in life, in America the beautiful as well as the ugly, in people who are not afraid to reveal themselves to the camera. I can get fixated on a single leaf, or a neighborhood on the edge of blight and prosperity. Life is perplexing and I have never managed or even wanted to live this "American Dream" we are led to believe we must and yet, America is a beautiful and bountiful country and I am perpetually enamored with the scenery, the homogeny and the dichotomy.

I see this work in various interdisciplinary mediums and very site specific: photography in scale set to "haunting dream poetry" music; tiny minimalist images in nearly all white that require close observation. Large Portraits that speak to one another across the room;. projected slide shows to my music and flat screen monitors with LCD puzzles; grainy or fine, depending upon the original tools utilized (Blackberry, Nikon SLR camera or Leica point-and-shoot); words scattered and displayed in meaningful compositions.

Having spent years in the floral design industry creating immediate environments for large venues, this installation is the Pièce de résistance, three months to create site- specific beauty, chaos, harmony, anarchy, order and ultimately, peace. The viewer is left with a feeling of safety, security and home that no government, no cul-de-sac, no bank can ever insure.

With my intrepid self and work, I will exemplify what it feels like to fly without wings, to walk without bones, to swim without water.