Who are your favorite artists?

If it’s art, then I’ve a few such as Matisse & Munch & others. If it’s music, I have a broad spectrum of what I listen to so too many to mention.

When it comes to writers, I have many. Just not sci-fi that I’m not into. But I like the classics such as David Foster Wallace, Brontë sisters.

Artist is such a broad term, who inspires you?

What is your favorite hobby or pastime?

I began writing when I was in high school. I haven’t stopped since. I also read as I’m a writer so reading what’s out there is always important.

I also like to draw & paint but it comes after my writing. I have 2 journals, one for observation & the other one is a bit personal. But I try to write as often as I can.

Writing serves as a form of therapy & way of documenting the important things that happen. It’s also a way for me to process.

What’s your way to process?

What would you do if you lost all your possessions?

In the summer of 2007 I had lost my apartment from sexist & nasty slumlord. I ended up in a street shelter while my possessions ended up in a short term storage place. For over a year I hardly went to the storage facility to retrieve anything & for all practical purposes lived out of the suitcase.

In the Fall of the same year I ended up at a poorly run transitional housing place where the chance of ending back out on the street was extremely high. I did buy clothes that year but rarely went to my storage unit.

The bullies in the program were many & they’d come up to me & say stuff like “when you end up back on the street I’ll have those pants, shirts etc.” When I left that poorly run program with only 4 weeks left- I left with all my belongings intact & my storage unit.

I’ve not seen the inside of a shelter since & I’m grateful as it makes me appreciate all that I do have instead of all the stuff I don’t. Being on the verge of being homeless is never a good feeling. Luckily I’ve never had to experience that again.