CYN TIA DESIGNS

As a child I loved to doodle- unbeknownst to me I was drawing mandalas. Growing up and as an adult I have played with dramatic improvisation, am enthusiastic when involved in movement and dance, and endeavor to create with kinesthetic and visual arts... The glass adventure: Shortly after taking an introductory bead making class, Portland was host to the International Society of Glass Beads- and I became hooked to glass... Though, it was also a time in which I was in transition after the death of my father. I was deciding whether to pursue my passions for academia or art. I set aside art for an intense and all consuming journey in obtaining a doctorate degree in clinical psychology. After five years of study, I was starved for right brain expression. Attempting resourcefulness, I convinced the dissertation committee to allow me to include mandalas and an expressive arts component to my qualitative research. After graduating and the licensing process, I did not walk, I ran towards..