Category: Domestic Abuse
Published on April 15, 2016
The Book is Finished.
The book to “Skins I Have Worn,” is finished. You would think I’d have shouted that to the world as soon as I was done. Posted it across the internet. Hired a plane to fly it across […]
Published on October 16, 2015
So What’s It About?
What is this project about? What would I have YOU experience? My hope is that you would be moved, touched, somehow shifted from where you are now. Perhaps that you might acknowledge, cry, release, heal. When asked what […]
Published on October 06, 2015
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I didn’t know that when I picked this month to open the show. I had no idea about about this strange synchronicity. All I knew was that I had […]
Published on September 09, 2015
The Dark Lands
I wrote the other day about wanting to ‘dare greatly.’ I had no clue what I was talking about. This morning, I’m walking along the seaside, and I’m startled by a woman who starts […]
Published on July 19, 2015
Battered but Not Broken
Who wants to spend a Saturday night watching a play about domestic violence? Ugh. Depressing. Not even me, and I’m working on a project about it. But see, that’s where I got trapped. “Skins I […]
Published on July 17, 2015
No. That Wasn’t My Husband.
As I journey out onto this path of creating a performance piece that was inspired by my own experiences, it occurs to me that people might wonder if I’m still married to the man I write […]
Published on April 09, 2015
Why Didn’t She Just Leave?
How often have we read an article or seen a news report about yet another woman who was murdered by her abusive partner. As they tell us about the repeated trips to the hospital or the […]