Ever since I can remember, I have been in love with words and images, and aware of the emotions they can invoke

 

I attended Clemson University, where I majored in English.  I was Vice President and President of the English Club, founder and editor-in-chief of two literary magazines, The Rectangle and The Fort Hill Review, was instrumental in bringing Sigma Tau Delta (an international English honor society, of which I am a member) to the Clemson campus, and was the student representative to the Curriculum Commitee of the English Department.  It was in that role that I was invited to become one of the first students to participate in the school's then new communications program, which perfectly combined my love of words and visual images.

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As the years went by, I got away from my creative roots.  At a difficult period in my life, I participated in an Artist's Way class in an effort to reconnect with my creative side, as well as find answers to some difficult life questions.  I asked the universe for a sign.  Would I be like the phoenix, I wondered - able to rise above the ashes of my current difficulties and begin again, or would my problems consume me?  At the end of an Artist's Way course, each student presents a project in their preferred medium.  I felt the universe had responded to my request for a sign when a classmate unveiled the painting to the right.  Phoenix?  Angel?  No matter - the fact that the mythical being depicted rose unscathed from a river of fire became the sign that I was looking for.  I knew then that I, too, would rise above my present difficulties.  My friend had a print of the painting made for me.  It sits on my desk to this day, and has become my personal emblem.

 

Begin anew.  Overcome.  Rise above.  I can help your business or organization achieve those goals!  Call me today to learn how.  

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