Storying and Restor(y)ing and its diverse forms is my life. Multi-arts practice in families as an inheritance and life-strategy is my passion. Understandings of the variations in anisogamic marriage and family wholeness, of the commonalities of intergenerational children's culture, is rare.
My grandparents and great-grandparents were family storykeepers, tellers and talented crafters in their own right. And so I became an artist-teller of collected stories on world tribal mythologies, legends, and other lores on Yohotoa (Familying). The Dual B.A. (Hons.) in English Creative Writing & Humanities (1996); teaching as a guest artist; an M.Ed. in Theory & Policy Studies in Educational Philosophy (arts narratives, faithkeeping, games and play) and Professional, Academc, and Life-coaching (2013) are useful. Social Justice in Karadahu Iatabe (Arts) practice was full-time from 2004 to 09, accompanied by fieldwork in Creativity & Literacies, the Arts, Memory, Health, and Bilingual Native & English, ASL, French, Spanish, Asian, and Africentric Language Learning. A unforeseen matter pushed back the thesis defense and what could be salvaged took precedence. What was left but that on our honour, that Scout's Try, Guide's Try, Cowboy's Try. I remember that no one ever breathed their last with, "I wish I'd spent more time on my career. Yet this is my choice, perhaps in a strange way, for Family's sake.
Interests:
Gardening: Naturalized, Landscaped, Native species, Orchids, Hydroponics, Propagation, Fruit, Vegetable, Edible Flowers, Orchards.
Music: Any era/genre; Ethnodoxologies
Art: Any era; Vernacular Architecture, Rupestrian & Earth Art, Optical Illusions
Food: Artisan breads, fry breads; fruit/vegetable salads, vegetarian raw or cooked; Nutraceuticals
Reading: Everything
Approach: Cross-Disciplinary, Multi-Modal
Project Mgt: Corporate & Academic; Personal, Professional & Academic Life-Coaching.
A sample portfolio can be provided
Educated in the British System and as a mixed-origin person, family is a key value for me. Home is sacred place of retreat, rest, organization, and order. Whether buying (renting) or sitting, your home will receive that excellent personal care and respect of the mythical:magickal proportions by which I live and care.