CHRONOLOGY
1943
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, August 14, 1943
1945
Father returns from World War II
1955
Experience: Parents are fighting and I decide that I must be crazy. I go outside and say to myself, “a crazy person would touch the sidewalk,” so I touch it, then, “a crazy person would run her finger along the trash cans,” so I run my finger along the trash cans. Then, “a crazy person would touch the leaves on the weeping willow and dance with the branches,” so I did that. Then, “a crazy person would touch the petals of the begonias,” so I did. “A crazy person would circle the house twelve times, touching and feeling everything.” So I did. Then, “a crazy person would kneel down on the ground and look closely at the dark crystals of dirt.” An ant crawled along, and suddenly, I imagined the scale of the ant and then saw the big maple tree in the front yard. It was dizzying, but as I got up I noticed how the world changed with every inch I rose. Each different angle made the world a different place than it had been a moment ago.
1957-61
Attends Washington Park High School, Racine, Wisconsin
1961-62
Attends The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
1962-63
Works at Johnson's Wax in Racine, Wisconsin. Desk is in The Great Workroom of the Frank Lloyd Wright building
1963-66
Attends The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. Studies with Clayton
Bailey & Tom Parker, BS Ed, 1966
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