A Little about Michael...

 Several years ago, I watched a movie that shook me to the core. "Pollock," the story of New York abstract artist Jackson Pollock, was the brainchild of director/actor Ed Harris, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination. For Jackson Pollock, art was as much therapy as artistic expression. Pollock needed his art just as much as the art world needed him. Personally, having had zero experience with painting but inspired by the film, I was astonished at how much fun it was to throw paint around! The world doesn't make sense and with abstract art, it doesn't have to! 

Comedy Underground
It was Christmas, 2012, back in the days of Occupy Wall Street, when I started doing stand-up comedy. This short video was the "final exam" of a not-for-credit comedy course at the U. of WA taught by Stu Stuart. In the "green room," just before I went onstage, Stu looked over at me reviewing my notes and said quite unabashedly, "Last year, I literally watched Jerry Seinfeld sit in that chair and do exactly what you're doing right now." (Like I needed the extra anxiety...) The next ten minutes was like being in an altered state-of-consciousness. And what I once heard Seinfeld say in an interview was true, "You have to work hard to make it look easy." Going onstage without my notes was equally frightening and exhilarating. I loved it! 

Also,  C & P Coffee House, West Seattle
February, 2025, "What's Been Missing from my Life"
This local coffee shop features local poets monthly.