I literally woke up one day and it was just in my head. All I had to do was figure out where to apply it. So I applied it to every project I was involved with at the time: I had a vintage clothing store on ebay, Feather Love; I also used to book freak-folk/psych acts here in San Diego, so I used it as my booking name too. Then once I decided to start my photo biz, it was obvious that it would be my business name. But there is no direct meaning to it, and anytime anyone asks me how I came up with it I just say the same thing- I didn't come up with it, it was just there one morning. Funny thing is when Kristy {wrecklessgirl} and I first discussed me being a part of the Vagabond Bond, she described her story of coming up with the name sort of the same way...
most treasured find from a vintage shop ?
the cloven hoof of some poor animal, turned into a candle-holder. It's pretty amazing.
Rasputin is fascinating me to no end these days .
a book you've read recently that made a lasting impression on you / your work ?
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History, by Howard Bloom. Certainly the most impactful book I have read & re-read in the past few years... It offers a great way to view things from the perspective of what I call 'the nature of nature' and realism. I wouldn't say it has influenced my work directly, but I suppose anything that influences me, influences everything that I do.
a place on the map that draws you back time & time again ?
Funny thing is, it always used to be places I haven't been to yet. Now it's usually places I miss so much like my other homes: Israel (where I'm from) & South Africa (where I grew up) and also New Mexico where I lived for several years. But there are tons of places I want to travel to including Greece, France, Scotland, Argentina...
what other mediums do you take joy in exploring?
well, I have been involved with several music projects over the years. Everything from a middle-eastern/gypsy music band, to playing in a processional samba school. I have also fronted a rock band, years ago, and have played along with some great artists and friends. My little solo project that I did years ago under the name LIGHT can be heard here on myspace. (Nothing on that page has been updated in like 5 years!) It's very minimal but was extremely rewarding to complete, since the challenge was to write, play, sing & record everything myself with my very limited skills. I have also been working on a short art film for the past 3 years (if I could only get done editing it!!) titled The Alchemical Poisoning Of Magus Sherwood, which features music by my husband's band ASTRA. Hopefully I will complete it eventually.
it's a sure thing i will laugh out loud when: Chris Lilley is involved.
your photos have such an elegant & ethereal dream-like feel .. can you describe elements that have shaped your unique style ?
Memory & nostalgia, predominantly. When I remember things, especially good things, love, people, places, my mind tends to soften the picture, tint the color, and fuzz out the details. I think that I have taken this nostalgic effect from my mind and attempted to visually look at everything like this & recreate it all the time because it just feels good & right for me. On a more tangible level, music has been a huge influence: I have always loved album cover art from the 60's and 70's, they way things were colorized, the photography etc. That era jettisoned the mind's eye far beyond the norm by introducing psychedelia & psychedelic art into the mainstream of consciousness on a macrocosmic level. Certainly this period of time and it's resulting arts profoundly influence anything I do creatively. I had a client email me the other day who said "your work makes me feel (don't take this the wrong way) like what I imagine heroin to feel like, happy, floaty, dazed..."... Haha, I guess I will never know, but I sure took that as a compliment. I also have so much reverence for dreams & the unconscious world. I can't count how many times my dreams have inspired my art. Native Americans used to believe that the waking world was a dream and that the real world, the true reality, was in our dream realm. I believe artists are here to learn to resonate with that, and to find ways to bridge the two worlds.
what record is / has been a soundtrack well-woven into your days ?
Graham Nash, Songs for Beginners is one of my favorite albums... there are definitely others, but I cannot remember them right now.
a quote you hold dear : "there's a fine line between stupid and clever" -Spinal Tap
