: About Me

I graduated in 2007 from Brown University with a degree in art history and am currently pursuing a masters of English. I work with special-needs kids and coach the jumpers on the track and field team at my old high school in Pennsylvania. My favorite writers are Updike, Hesse, Tolkien, CS Lewis, Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Ray Bradbury, Nick Hornby, Douglas Coupland, Daniel Handler, Chuck Klosterman. Some favorite books are: The Book of Lost Things, The Terrible Girls, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Catch 22, Series of Unfortunate Events, BONE, Flight (graphic novel series). I'm interested in astrology, all kinds of good music, and contemporary art in all its unique forms. I paint frames and flower pots on the side to sell when I'm not busy, writing, teaching, coaching or applying to jobs and/or grad schools. (www.myspace.com/stormcloudart). I have a conglomeration of poetry up at the site: www.poetrysoup.com.

My favorite movies are (because I think this can tell you a lot about a person): Anything by Jim Jarmusch esp. Down By Law. Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, Dead Poets Society (!), Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson), Paris Je T'Aime, The Burbs, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

"Writing is good, thinking is better; Cleverness is good, patience is better." -Hesse

"It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs." -Thomas Hardy

"Telling yourself life is crap is like an anesthetic, and when you stop taking the Advil, then you can really tell how much it hurts, and where, and it's not like that kind of pain does anyone a whole lot of good."

"Everyone knows how to talk and no one knows what to say." -Nick Hornby

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius

-Rumi

My passion is ...

writing, reading, fiction, fantasy, puppies, wine

I know too much about ...

The Lord of the Rings

My parents always told me ...

dream big

My childhood ambition ...

publish

My favorite memory ...

holding a bird

Why I write ...

because

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Ray Bradbury

My first job ...

gardening

My best moment ...

winning a race

My inspiration ...

art

Arts & Humanities > Artists & Artwork Artist profile: Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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In the 1660s, Gianlorenzo Bernini was at the height of his career as a sculptor and architect in Rome. Throughout the pontificate of the Chigi Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667), Bernini was consumed with architectural and sculptural commissions in the Eternal City, including the continued decorative programs for St. Peter's and the construction of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale. It was during this fortuitous time that Bernini embarked on his journey to the French court in Paris to execute a series of royal commissions for the Bourbon King Louis XIV. Bernini's sojourn in France, which lasted only ar...

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