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ABOUT LAURA CERWINSKE

Writer and artist Laura Cerwinske considers Creativity to be the ultimate expression of power. She has created a process called Radical Writing that illustrates her belief in passion as an instrument of transformation.

Laura Cerwinske has been a student of metaphysics and the healing arts for over 30 years. Her studies have included meditation, hypnotherapy, and reiki (laying on of hands), Reichian, primal, and traditional psychotherapies, as well as shamanism and the Wise Woman tradition of Healing. Laura has been a follower of Guru Maharaji (known also as Prem Rawat) since 1977. She is also a daughter of Ochun, having received  her "ilekes" in the Western Nigerian religion known as Lukumi (or in the U.S, Santeria).

Laura's book, "In a Spiritual Style" (Thames and Hudson, 1998) presents an international spectrum of domestic sanctuaries. They range from traditional shrines to goddess gardens, from contemporary meditation rooms to temples of Creativity. The book begins with an essay on the “Evolution of Sacred Design” -- a history of worship as it has been expressed in art, architecture, and design. It also showcases Laura’s own art work – icons, altars, and vessels of worship that express her love of narration and ornament. Her art has been exhibited publically and commissioned for private worship.

Laura Cerwinske has published more than twenty books, including many with the architectural photographer Steven Brooke and the architecture firms Zyscovich, Inc. and Michael Graves Assoc. Her publishers include Random House, Simon and Schusster, Rizzoli International, Thames and Hudson, and Bantam-Doubleday-Dell. In addition to earning a degree in fine arts, she has studyied Byzantine icon painting at the School of Sacred Arts in New York and has worked at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. She was a gallery reviewer for Arts magazine and The Jerusalem Post, and the founding editor of Florida Home and Garden magazine.

As an artist, she has produced a body of sculpture known as "The Art of Fulfaggotry," which replicates the imaginary altars, icons, and atifiacts of a pagan religion known as Fulfaggotry that worships Beauty, Creativity, Sensuality, the etravagant, the Voluptuous, and the Ridiculous.

These diverse pursuits infuse her understanding of the transforming power of self expression. The need for this knowledge has never been more critical. Laura’s teaching offers a potent instrument for drawing insight and strength out of suffering and fear.

Her other related websites are lauracerwinske.com, bluehairlady.com, and a blog at lauraputsout ... words, pictures, ideas.

She has appeared often at the Miami Book Fair International and the renowned independent bookseller, Books & Books.