MimiBelle

I am a newbie, just seeing how this works, then I will add more content.

I am a writer and artist.

I am having fun romping around the wiki, and working on some projects, YAY!

I have many interests, including traditional drawing and painting, calligraphy, dollmaking, papermaking, paper crafts, textiles, fiber art techniques, raku pottery, knitting, painting on silk, jewelry making, mixed-media collage, Oshi-e (a traditional Japanese fiber art), puppetry, mandala drawing and painting, and surface design including: stenciling, hand dyeing, stamping, and faux finish techniques. I play with computer programs like Illustrator and Photoshop. I'm entranced by archetypes, the divine feminine, quantum sciences, Joseph Campbell, mythology, comparative religion, sacred sites, Damanhur, women’s studies, dreams, Egyptology, humor, ritual and celebration, interspecies communication, and dance (including belly dance, sacred dance, tap, folk, and ballroom.) And music! lots of different kinds ...

I've taken some pretty interesting courses with the following teachers: Dr. Lauren Artress, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen, Dr. Harmon Bro, Dr. Don Campbell, Dr. Matthew Fox, Shakti Gawain, Arun Ghandi, Dr. Willis Harmon, Joan Kellogg, Dr. Barbara King, Shirley MacLaine, Carol Ann Liaros, Dr. Caroline Myss, Babatunde Olatunji, Dr. Henry Reed, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, HH Swami Satchidananda, John Anthony West, Dr. Marian Woodman.

I love Bouguereau's painting "Nymphs and Satyr" which is in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. I have been known to travel for hours to see a Bouguereau.

"Spring" is one of my favorite paintings by Alma-Tadema. It is in the collection of the Getty Museim in Los Angeles, and I have seen it there, it is quite amazing in "person." It depicts the celebration of "May Day", with flowers and a procession. One little know fact is that one of the small standards atop the very tall pole on the left side of the crowd depicts a quite "amorous" couple.