Another year goes by! 2020 will be great. #GreatBeginnings #PositiveThoughts

I’ve had a challenging but fabulous year! I’m very grateful to have experienced small personal progress artistically becoming a quaterfianlist in the Big Break Screenwriting Contest for my pilot script. In 2019 I accomplished another goal by finishing my Bachelor of Social Welfare. It was challenging to keep working full-time and studying at the same […]

MOVIE REVIEW #Joker

MOVIE REVIEW: Joker This film was surrounded in controversy right from the beginning with warnings about how dark and triggering it might be for viewers. For a moment I am going to be a realist, controversy drives intrigue, intrigue drives tickets sales, tickets sales drives opinions, and round the loop, we go. After viewing the […]

If you really knew me you’d know. #metoo #inspirational #survivor

The #Metoo movement is a movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault. The movement went viral in late 2017. The hashtag exploded onto the scene on social media. This attempt to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment was an important step forward for both women and men.  I found myself in a […]

The Business of Christmas #strategies #compassion #selfhelp

Will this Christmas be a good one? This might depend on what you are expecting, a BMW or a calm family get-together.  I often talk about expectations and motivation behind the quality of what we do in our life. I will remind you again of this. We are the masters of our lives. We get […]

Another year goes by! 2018 will be great. #GreatBeginnings #PositiveThoughts

I’ve had a great year! I’m very grateful to have experienced small personal progress artistically with my first play performed as a play reading with actors under the professional guidance of a director, then I had another poem published in an art and literature journal and I was lucky  to see one of my microfiction […]

First Mental Health Discussion @ OZ Comic-Con #ProgressiveSteps

When I first made the decision to submit a proposal to Oz Comic-Con I wasn’t sure how it would go. I wasn’t sure 1) if the Con coordinators would even consider including the subject of mental health and wellbeing or 2) if anyone would turn up for it. Panel Subject An artist’s guide to mental […]