Female

25

The things I find to be most important in life are movement, nature, art, and biology. I take a martial art called Boabom, where I have just moved on to the second stage and am proceeding to get my behind proverbially kicked. It is an honor to me to be part of a community full of such good-nature and light. I also partake in the spinning/fire arts. I started with traditional staff, but recently double staves have caught my attention.

Nature. Oh, nature! I live in the city right now, and keep my sanity by getting out of it quite often. As much as I love my home, and those I share it with, if I cannot get somewhere I can't hear cars, I get quite edgy. I take trips out to unpopulated places like Vermont quite often, and I love my awesome, cuddly, cheerful hippie friends.

Sculpting is another thing you may catch me doing. I focus on the human body, with some mystical or mythological influences. It's not something I was ever formally trained in; it's just something I picked up one day and knew instinctively what to do.

Biology is another thing I've been interested in for quite some time. I was preparing for med school when I was diagnosed with a seizure disorder. Now I find that outlet in conversation with friends and family, and giving advice where ever I can. I love learning about this subject, so I tend to get really excited when I find out friends are doctors or nurses.

That's about all I can think of at 2:00 a.m. on a Thursday morning, so I'll leave you with a quote I adore from a book that taught me of love:

"Written on the body is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulations of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is so heavily worked that the letters feel like Braille. I like to keep my body rolled up away from prying eyes, never unfold too much, or tell the whole story..."

-Jeanette Winterson - Written on the Body