Brief Chat with Barbara Singer. Cont'd.
MH: Do you talk to your camera, or it
is the camera who does the talking?
BARBARA: There is an interaction. I point the camera at something,
then what it shows me in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor may direct me
to change: to zoom in on something or draw back, to be more selective or
more inclusive, to add light or subtract. The digital camera gives me a lot
of useful technical information that I didn't have earlier.
MH: Any new poem?
BARBARA: Here's one for you, Max.
BLASPHEMY
No kiss,
No bliss.
Yes,
This
May be all,
Sis,
For the rest
Of your life.
But Life
Is one big kiss
If you know how
To open your mouth.
© Barbara Singer. All rights reserved
BRIEF
CHAT WITH DIVA ALISON ENGLAND
Reproduced with a permission from LA FEMME MAGAZINEQ: What do you like best in life? Music, chocolate, reading books, shopping... Alison: Oh God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can you compare Music and chocolate? Chocolate wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe Sex THEN chocolate THEN music! I adore HARRY POTTER books and all types of Magic! And I adore R and B music! My voice is suited to classical but my heart LOVES R and B! I love to dance also! I was a pro dancer - jazz and African throughout my early career! Q: How about fun, Alison, what do you do for fun? Alison: SLEEP! There is not much time for fun! But in the past, I spend time alone, quiet, reading and go to the sea! I like movies to take the edge off and disco from time to time!
Q:Married? Alison: No, going through a divorce! Really awful stuff! I am the pro at trying to get marriage right and NOT succeeding! Many people say I look like Judy Garland but this is my third divorce, I am starting to get up there with her and Elizabeth on husbands!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not my idea of a good time! Q: So, are you dating, now? Who is the lucky one? Alison: Actually, really out of the air and after prayer and dropping the idea of EVER being in a relationship again, I have met a super wonderful guy here in Paris! He is a design artist and restores apartments as well as older pieces of art! I am deeply in love and very grateful for the patience and tenderness he shows me and my daughter!
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