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Our Twinkielicious evening of artistic fun started at the Chalet Basque with a drink. It was really nice to see some old friends again and of course it was awesome making some new ones.  

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There we talked about random things such as Halloween costumes of past and present and parties and tattoos and the pain we endure just for the permanent ink that tells a story. Oh yeah, tattoos ALWAYS tell a story. Don't they? We shared a few tattoo stories then headed out. 

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After the Chalet Basque we quickly drove down the street to the Empty Space Theater for the Burn the Witch art show.

Here, we were going to witness an awesome collaboration of 33 women artists. Between them all they were showcasing 150 pieces of artwork. Our own Latina artist, Lisa Small had several pieces she was showcasing that night.

Now, yes I know what you're thinking. BURN THE WITCH? Is this a Halloween art display? eeeeeek!

Actually, NO! The title refers to America's colonial days when any woman whose ideas or behavior were different from the norm was branded as a witch.

So what did we do that day? We embraced our witchy-dom!! We showed up to the art show in witches hats which I had put together for everyone that RSVP'd to my invitation. I'd stopped at the MAS office and picked up some t-shirts and then bought the witches hats and put some MAS treats in them along with some candy.

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My favorite art piece? This one!

"It's called Electric. A painting to inspire strength and femininity through brilliant colors and full womanly shapes." ~Lisa Small

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Some more of my favorite art? Jen Raven's "But Where Will They Make Their Home." This piece was actually BANNED from Myspace.com because of the boobies. YEAH! I know! Mermaid boobies? Offensive? HU? Oh well. She fought back by putting it right back up and daring them to take it down again. They didn't.

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Susan's ceramics were pretty cool, too!

After looking thru some of the art and eating some food and drinking some wine we went in to the main theater/room, grabbed a seat and waited for the poetry to start. I say "poetry" but WOW! It was so much more.

A soul cleansing.

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Julie has that effect on people. As she should. She is a LIFE COACH, after all! Anyways, it's hard to explain the effects she will leave in you forever if you ever get a chance to watch her perform. The only real way to describe it is by using her own words, A SOUL CLEANSING.

A soul CLEANSING.

She read a lot of poetry but the one that really stuck is the one that she had (us) the audience participate in.

I WANT.  She said. Then she asked us to blurt out things we wanted while her buddy Joe wrote everything down. In the end, she recited back everything WE the audience wanted. It turns out we wanted to get out of debt, we wanted to move to South America, we wanted sex, we wanted a hug, we wanted to be left alone, we wanted our children to stop hurting, we wanted chocolate.

We wanted so many things and as silly as some of those wants sounded at first, when she recited them in her own words, with her own passionate soul it's almost as if..

It cleansed our souls.

You need to experience Julie Jordan Scott in PERSON soon. She will transform your life. Seriously!

*Thanks to everyone who accepted my invitation to this event. I had a lot of fun and hope to see you at the next one!

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