Artist Statement
I once was served a fortune cookie that read: You have a deep interest in all that is artistic. Having already created and performed a body of new music compositions as well as visual pieces, poetry, and music for the theater and modern dance, that seemed a cosmic validation of my sphere of activity. A certain amount of recognition had already come in the form of awards and grants from a number of organizations, as well as several guest composer residencies.

By the early nineties I realized that artistic living did not answer many of the more fundamental philosophical and spiritual questions for me, so I spent about two and one half years in a meditation retreat center in the mountains near Santa Cruz, CA. There I studied meditation, philosophy, ceremonial arts (particularly chant and dance) and began an on-going association with many enlightened masters from Asia. At this point I am passionately involved in investigating where body/mind systems, philosophy and art intersect. Currently, my professional setting is a small, private college in Silicon Valley (Cogswell Polytechnical College) that specializes in the intersection of digital art and engineering.

In the newspaper, my horoscope predicts: You will encounter music that is unorthodox, fascinating, controversial. Perhaps that is where digital art & engineering meet with body/mind systems & philosophy.