What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Thelonious Monk’s Greatest Hits. I found it by chance in the $1.99 bin at F.W. Woolworth’s at the Alameda Shopping Center. I didn’t know...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Hearing 'Visions Of Johanna' by Bob Dylan, at age 13, diverted my course from wanting to be a mad scientist into being a songwriter. It's...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I’m not sure! I don’t remember any one thing changing my life. I wish I had a better answer! I recall music, performance, art, and...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The King James version of The Bible changed my life and forced me to have a personal relationship with a higher being. It especially...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
As an artist and mother of three young children, I am affected by any book that I actually have time to read. On my nightstand at the...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The Sounds of the South five album set, compiled by Alan Lomax for
Atlantic Records. It was recorded in the 50's, on a mobile two track...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Like many kids in the late ‘60s, I would run home from elementary school to catch soap-opera phenomenon Dark Shadows. A daytime serial...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The first thing that comes to mind is that when I was 11 or 12 years old, I got hold of a collection of Edgar Allan Poe's work. It was a...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The short story "Why I Live at the P.O." by Eudora Welty. I'd read the story and performed several characters from it in reader's theatre...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Poison River, a graphic novel by Gilbert Hernandez, gave me a master lesson in real writing. It was beautiful beyond words and violent...
