Finding Ourselves in Selfies – An Essay

Selfies are not new. They just do something new. For centuries, probably millennia, people have been creating self portraits. The camera is a unique medium to create self portraiture with though, because while it is still an art form, it’s a mode of capturing as...

The art of losing: Fires, possessions, and walking on

With the fires blazing in Southern California, I’ve been thinking about this question again: If the house were on fire, what would I grab? When I was younger and living at my parents house, the answer was the boxes of photos. But now that I live on my own, I...

2 supportive parents = 3 artist children

What do you get when a Forester and a Therapist have kids? Apparently you get 3 artists. What? Before she died, my sister was going to school studying math and music. To be honest, she started as a math major, because she was brilliant. Truly. And then somewhere in...

A Renaissance: My life these days.

I had this thought the other day: This is the renaissance of my life. I am learning about music that I like, music that is out there, music that I want to sing along to. Music I want to dance to and music that dances with me. Music that makes me cry, and some that...