She is my idol.

"...you are an immensely ancient, complex, and continuous character. For this reason, treat yourself with respect."
~ Virginia Woolf

This site is an homage to Cornell, master of the shadow box.

The surrealists have always intrigued me, and Cornell, in particular, holds a special place for me. His tiny worlds, encased in wood and glass, are the epitome of ephemera as art.

His work strongly influenced my feature length film, Found Objects, for which production will begin Summer, 2011.

Karen Finley's unabashed bawdiness gives us all permission to lift the veil and expose the baseness of what it means to be human.

"Karen Finley is a controversial American performance artist, whose theatrical pieces and recordings have often been labelled 'obscene' due to their graphic depictions of sexuality, abuse, and disenfranchisement. She was notably one of the NEA Four, four performance artists whose grants from the National Endowment for the Arts were vetoed in 1990 by John Frohnmayer after the process was condemned by Senator Jesse Helms under 'decency' issues."

(Taken from http://www.quotesdaddy.com/author/Karen+Finley)

Sophie Calle is a French photographer and performance artist whose work oftentimes blurs the lines between fact and fiction, ethical and unnethical.

Hanna Wilke is an American feminist artist who often used herself in her work to address the notion of self-exposure in all forms and the paradoxes of the mortal body.

The High Priestess of Experimental Cinema, in my opinion.

Her Meshes of the Afternoon changed the way I view film.

Sally Potter is an English film director and screenwriter whose work is strong on visual language and deep in the examination of narrative and how it defines and restricts women's lives and experience.

Peter Greenaway is a British avant-garde film director whose training as a painter is perpetually present in his films, which challenge traditional filmic structures.

I am fascinated by Garcia's care for his female characters, the way he writes them authentically, with complexity and compassion. One of my favorites is Nine Lives.

I'm drawn to Ahtila's subject matter and her method; she creates what she calls 'human dramas' and does so from real-world research, sometimes drawing from real news stories.

I appreciate her treatment of color and her multi-screen approach, which gives the viewer an non-conventional spatial viewing experience.

I utilize astrology to make sense of my life and to understand my compulsions and behavior patterns. I believe life is a complex combination of fate and free will. I view my astrological chart as the map of my soul. I have Lilith, conjunct Mars in Aries in my 7th House of Partnership.

Book review of Anne Klein's Book, The Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self

The Great Bliss Queen, also known as Yeshe Tsogyal, is a Buddhist Goddess. Her essence challenges Western notions of dualism.

Another explanation of the dimensions of Lilith.

A brief description and history of Paganism.