My major influences in my writing growing up were the confessional poets like Amy and Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Sharon Olds, and Stan Rice just to name a few. I am also inspired by great artist's work, Monet, Van Gogh, Escher, Dali. I am also inspired by nature, the world around us and its unceasing movement, and the lives I observe around me each and every day. more...