“Myeongsuk/Reverie” by Judy Schavrien
Myeongsuk was a well-known model in the San Francisco Bay Area. My hands, painting with pastels, imagined her in this reverie, sensual, bittersweet.
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Judy Schavrien Artist Statement:
Judy Schavrien is a poet, artist, and psychotherapist.
As a psychotherapist, her expertise is trauma, and she herself emerged from a seven year stint of post-trauma stress. It issued from a mugging in which she
was shot in the face. Crucial to her recovery was Tibetan Buddhist study and practice with the Venerable Sogyal Rinpoche, known as the laughing lama. As an artist, she was nominated Oakland, CA artist of the year and received for her work in the arts, including poetry, 15 national and international awards. As a poet, her work is anthologized in New Lesbian Voices, which won the small press Library Journal Award.
Her paintings and poems, forged in the smithy of the feminist and lgbt liberation movements, aim for depth—psychological, social, and spiritual. Her books—Alice at the Rabbithole Café, Shot Awake: A Painter’s Memoir, and Everything Voluptuous—may be found on Amazon and at www.jesart.net.
