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In February, Laura hosted a benefit performance of the South Beach Chamber Ensemble at her home.
She is seen here with members of the ensemble and Board members Alan and Diane Collins.
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Laura appears with portraits from her December
exhibition of paintings.
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WRITE TO
YOUR HEART: Laura was interviewed
on the web by Catherine Behan of SoulMate Savvy on Friday, September
8th. The interview is available for you
to hear at any time at: http://cat3733.audioacrobat.com/download/LauraCerwinske.mp3
(It takes about a
minute-and-a-half to download and there’s a few seconds of recorded
scramble before you’ll hear me speaking.)
Here’s what one Radical Writer had to say
about it:
Well that was pretty darn sweet! Thanks for some great satsang and
sharing your wisdom. I'm really excited for you and what you are
and have been creating and sharing with the world.
I'm pretty excited for me too with two major publishers interested in
two different books: one on Plant Spirit Medicine, and the other
on Holistic Pregnancy; working title "Thirteen Pregnant Moons.”
I've also been doing some personal writing a la Radical Writing
to clear issues around sex and money. You know (of course
you know!) it works. Thanks so much and I am really appreciating
that I could take an hour out of my day to hang with you via
conference call. Too cool.
Love, Thea Stacey
PEGGY PAYNE BLOGS on
LAURA
August, 2009
Who Is the Bold and Savvy Blue Hair Lady?
Those unnerving little ads that show up at the top of email somehow
always seem to know what I'm interested in. I don't know the technology
by which they read over my shoulder, but yesterday I was actually
enticed into clicking on one.
The phrase that caught my eye was: Radical Writing. How could anyone
resist that?
It took me to The Blue Hair Lady. And what a find! Not only does
Laura Cerwinske put "Blue Envy" on her hair every couple of weeks,
she's a highly accomplished writer on design and
visual art, publishing with such outfits as Rizzoli
International, Thames and Hudson, Bantam, Dell, Doubleday, Simon
and Schuster.
And she's an artist.
And a small publisher (Blue Hair Lady Publishing..."The company’s
publications are excursions through the secrets of transformation,
weaving quantum thought and healing, metaphysics and art, memoir and
mythology.".
And a student of Santeria
and similar body/mind/spirit subjects.
Also she teaches a 12-week on-line Radical
Writing that makes possible “uninhibited self-exploration and
self-expression.”
I do admire the combination of free-wheeling and
commercially-and-artistically-successful.
Peggy Payne
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THREE PIECES from the
ART OF FULFAGGOTRY
in the exhibition DIVINE DEBRIS at Art at
St. Johns
Miami Beach, FL, June 9, 2009
The Art of
Fulfaggotry celebrates Creativity the Female principle as the
Supreme Expression of Power. Centering on the worship of the Goddess
Fulfaggotra, it illustrates the transformative Power of Beauty: Humble
and cast-off elements are imbued with nobility; Gilded surfaces,
pearls, and jewelry are combined with weathered objects and rusted
patinas, thwarting anticipated perceptions of the precious and the
discarded. Hard, high fire "warrior/male" materials such as iron,
ceramic, and glass are married with more delicate "organic/female"
elements as plant and palm fibers, silk threads, feathers, and fine
wire.
Worshippers of Fulfaggotry are delivered through the joyful intensity
of Creative Passion -- into a State of Divine Exaltation.
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Talk -- MY LIFE OF PASSIONATE
CREATIVITY
Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL
January 4, 2009
A Note from one in the Audience
Today at Books and Books in Coral Gables
artist-author Laura Cerwinske spoke to a small crowd about her passion
for creativity as her Spirituality. Her message, in a nutshell, is that
we are here to express ourselves and the more creatively we do this,
the closer we come to a state of grace.
She is like a painting herself - silvery hair,
short and wispy. Coral-red tunic blouse over rich brown Capris, a large
bead dangling from each lobe, a wide shell bracelet dyed bright
turquoise. She has an easy smile and moves comfortably in her skin.
She believes that all of us are born into
acceptance, but are affected, afflicted, by criticism and the judgment
of our culture and those around us. I couldn't help thinking of the
brutal criticism I had witnessed during some of the critiques of BFA
students in their final thesis class. As I watched the toll it took on
them, I instinctively felt I could be destroyed by them, that somehow
the judgment of the faculty might wither my muse and paralyze my soul.
After she spoke, the artist invited us to sample
a selection of confections. The creator of these sumptuous delicacies,
a local entrepreneur, was there in the crowd. The treats were so tasty
I went back unabashedly for seconds, and then thirds!
I keep thinking about what I have learned of
creativity. Remembering how it feels to finish a good piece of writing,
satisfied with every word on a page. To see the lines I've drawn in
charcoal or ink take the shape of what I see. To watch a fine piece of
pottery emerge from the kiln marked discretely with my bamboo stamp.
Even legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi, master of calligraphy,
painting and sculpture, advised his martial arts protégés (circa 1600)
to explore all forms of creative expression. He believed it was crucial
for their total development.
Laura Cerwinske believes that the processes of
"uninhibited self-exploration" have the power to transform. Her
paintings "About Faces" and "My Life in Dogs" are on display now at
Books and Books. And her books, prints and Radical Writing course are
available on-line through her web site.
- Pat S. Milone
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JANUARY 2008
PHOTO CREDIT: Steven Brooke
Miami's La Crepe Bistro celebrated
Laura Cerwinske's series of prints:
ABOUT FACES
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FISH TALES / THE CREATION
OF CREATION
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Dancers costumed
as Candy Stripe Shrimp, Parrot Fish, Manatee, and Sting Ray.
PHOTO CREDIT: Cornelia Taudt-Ehrling
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In 2006 Laura
Cerwinske composed a libretto entitled THE CREATION of CREATION which
begins:
Millions and
millions of years ago, when Earth was newborn, the waters of the
oceans swelled and splashed and covered the globe. Connected to one
another by currents and pulled by tides, they were constantly in
motion. Below these waters, pastures of invisible tiny plants nourished
the billions of forms of sea life that grazed everywhere upon them. In
fact, it was out of this wondrous green that the earliest forms of all
life evolved.
The first to make their appearance were
the jellyfish, corals, sponges, and anemones. Traveling in the currents
and feasting on the invisible green grasses, they grew in size and
color and variety. Eventually they were joined by more complicated sea
creatures like starfish, urchins, and rays, sea horses and eels.
Finally came the reef fishes and turtles to be followed by sea mammals,
like the manatees.
The story goes on to describe how: For
many millions of years, these sea creatures lived in harmony, sharing
the grassy underwater pastures, watching out for one another, and
keeping their reefs and mangroves clean and tidy. They visited distant
oceans and returned with happy tales of the life they¹d seen on other
reefs and mangroves. Most important of all, they never failed to give
thanks to blessed spirits of the ocean for all the gifts of the sea.
But once the sea creatures grow
indifferent to their blessings, the
colorful, flourishing coral reefs grow bleached and vacant, as sad and
lifeless as many sea creatures, too, were becoming.
Performed under the title FISH TALES by
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY, the story revolves around the chorus:
“It takes us each
to save the beach
the oceans and
our coral reefs.
It’s up to you
It’s up to me
To restore the balance
To the sea.”
The words flow from shore to shore and
the creatures, dancing to the words and music, begin to remember the
glory of their true place in the Cycle of Life. Once again the sunlight
makes its way to the deepest depths of sea, and out of joy for the
light, the sea creatures celebrate.
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY is the oldest continuously
operating contemporary dance company in the Southeastern U.S. The
company gives over sixty performances annually through concerts,
children’s series, appearances at community events and festivals, and
educational programs.
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