I am an Archaeologist with a focus on Visual Fine Arts and Therapeutic Arts. While studying the art of ancient times, I could not help but become fascinated by the art I was experiencing right now. If I was going to be examining the art that humans left behind in past times, how could I not become an artist myself and see what art I was leaving behind throughout my own time? What truly drives a person to create? Did I have the courage to find out first-hand? There was a healing component I experienced as I was creating that I simply could not ignore. 

I always saw art as a way to communicate. For me, saying words felt like the hardest thing in the world when I was little. But to create was easy. Through art, dance, music and games, I could always build an imaginary bridge of communication until I found the words.

My archaeological skills led me through different career paths in management, dance, art, restoration and wellness where I discovered that the more ways of creating I became versed in, the more humans I could connect with and understand, regardless of the words we were raised with. Just because somebody cannot speak, it does not mean they cannot understand.

You can learn to draw. You can learn to dance. You can learn to imagine. You can learn to use the art you create as a way to document and discover the archaeology of who you actually are. Your happily ever afters are an archaeological excavation away!