Marilyn

I lived in Mexico for two months with a Mexican Family.
I've had my heart broken twice and broke my soul mate's heart.
I ran a two mile race in 13:58
I spent an amazing night in Goblin Valley Utah in 1978.
I believe in another dimension.

Marilyn 

Lori

I lived in 3 countries. I jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. I walked on a bed of coals. I married someone and then found out the diamond he gave me was a fake. I connect with the universe on a regular basis. Lori, age 46

Rebecca

i broke someones heart and then he stuck around six years to really break mine.
i learned that doing it on your own is better.
i finished Infinite Jest (in three weeks).
i found out that i am really good at shooting a gun.

i did everything i wanted to do.

Rebecca, age 27

Desiree

I have been raped.
I have been beaten.
I have numbed my pain.
I have been sober for 5 years.
I have learned to love despite it all. 

Desiree, age 32 

Peggi

I have delivered 5 babies as an EMT.
Sang to a woman in the back of an ambulance on the way to the hospital as she was dying because it calmed her.
Swam with the dolphins.
Dance when I am alone from happiness.
Taught myself guitar and lead a folk group but can't read music.

Peggi

Amalia

During my AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps term, I lived in a Yurt, in public park outside of Seattle, Washington for 6 cold weeks. From November to December.

I have confronted my fear of heights while working on a Habitat for Humanity house from the ground up. Putting the Roof on a house was the most terrifying and exciting experience in my life.

I sang for a room of 200+ strangers, after moving 3000 miles away from everyone I knew.

I know love, I give love. I work with children.

I learned to sew with my grandma, we made my junior prom dress.

Amalia, 24 

Sarah

I have swam in the Dead Sea.

I have eaten Cows Tongue.

I have a best friend in my camera.

I have watched too much NCIS.

I have helped friends abandon suicide attempts.

Sarah, age 22

Alyse

I fought and lost.
I fell in love and haven't found the ground.
I left, and I don't miss them.
You are always in my thoughts.
It's not over, not even close.

Alyse, age 20

Navya

Climbed trees and sang and danced in bliss.

Had a baby when I was 16.

Lost many lovers and learned things I did not want to know.

Searched for God and found a Guru.

Climbed trees and sang and danced in bliss.

Navya, age 39 (& 3/4) 

David

Came out as gay to wife at 43 years old.
Walked away from a multiple rollover crash at 18 with no seat-belt.
Made a lot of art.
Moved to Santa Fe N.M. after years of dreaming about it.
Have felt my faith in humanity renewed countless times.

David

Jennifer

Sang Karaoke to "Hopelessly Devoted to You" in Los Angeles.
Sold a piece of my artwork to a well-known artist for his personal collection.
Spent a month in France exploring and working on my artwork.
Got married and didn't change my name.
Reread Watership Down every year from 8th grade to 12th grade.

Jennifer

Alaina

Ate chocolate on the chamonix tram 3842 meters high.

Fell in love while running Central Park.
Made monopoly money in the 90s then lost it. 

Gave birth to two personalities.
Carried my sister's baby after cancer robbed her of the chance.

Alaina, age 43 

Mary Kay

Swam with sharks.
Stomped on the wrong man's toes.
Proven my parents wrong.
Outgrown Catholicism.
Supported myself.

Mary Kay, age 49

Kimberlie

Witnessed the dancing Aurora Borealis.
Traveled to Hawaii, Japan & Iceland.
Became a blessed Aunty.
Discovered my best friends for life.
Stood on a boat surrounded by whales.

Kimberlie, age 23

Jessica

I lived in the USA
I lived in Poland
I lived in the UK
I lived in the Netherlands
I lived in Spain

Jessica, age 25

Gera

exploring
creating
loving
laughing
helping.

Gera

ShawNshawN

I knew the victim and perpetrator in a rape killing.

I saw the Berlin Wall fall behind the Berlin Wall.

I got married in German to a Spaniard in Germany.

I saw the birth of the Euro in Brussels.

I painted 303 Signatures and scared the CCP government.

ShawNshawN, age 41

George

Moved to NYC in 1956 to study with Martha Graham.
Met my partner of 56 years in 1956.
Sold my first paintings to Edward Albee.
Moved to Hawaii in 1989.
Moved to Seattle in 2012.

George, age 76

Margarita

I gave birth to a little boy.
I gave birth when I was 17.
I gave birth to a child with autism.
I gave birth to a child who saved me.
I gave birth to my existence of love.

Margarita

Amy

Had a beautiful, amazing son against all odds.
Saw Pope John Paul II in Colorado surrounded by other faith-filled youth from all over the world.
Wrote stories and poems.
Painted pictures.
Found sunshine among the clouds.

Amy, age 37

Sophia

Learned to love myself, therefore love and truly understand people.

Let go of fear and became more adventurous and joyful.

Experienced the thrill of being around loving people in other countries.

Felt the crashing waves of the open ocean and loved it.

Watched the world from above.

Sophia, age 23

Kelli

I can love unconditionally as long as I retire superiority.
I found my highest high one summer in Nigeria.
I believe in supporting my fellow artists.
My ideas grow much faster than my rate of motivation.
I'm pretty sure I caught the tooth fairy putting $1 under my pillow when I was younger.

Kelli, age 31

James

I left my hometown on a whim, with a little over $300 cash and a car with a failing transmission.
I played hacky-sack outside "the" Quick Stop with total strangers.
I've danced at festival until the sun came up.  Then I danced some more.
I've written over a hundred poems, and participated in open mics.
I've been left breathless with gratitude at the beauty of the universe.

James, age 23 

Connie

Fell in love at first sight, have been married to him for 35 years.

Swam with giant sea turtles in Hawaii.

Watched both parents die of cancer in the same year.

Raised two little girls into competent women.

Became and artist Jack of all Trades from illustrating for children, to painting giant religious icons to being a sketch artist for Federal court.

Connie, age 56

Adrienne

Ran away from home with a singer in a band.

Survived the suicide of my lover.

Became a mother.

Taught myself to play the piano.

Let go of all my jealousy.

Adrienne, age 33  

Ashley

I ran away at age 11.

I spent 5 years in hospitals for cutting myself.

I slept in Golden Gate park for two months.

I got married and had two kids.

I survived just to fail again.

Ashley, age 23

Kayla

Married my soul mate.

Was lifted 3 feet off the ground by a giraffe at a petting zoo by the hair on my head.

Rescued a baby opossum from the road after witnessing its mom being hit by a car.

Was featured in the local newspaper for being the winner of a trashcan painting contest, but the newspaper spelled my name wrong.

Started my own successful business at the age of 21.

Kayla, age 23

Robyn

Held free raffles, and called every single person to tell them if they won or if they lost.
Lived without electricity, plumbing, and refrigeration for months in the jungle.
Said yes to marriage after a week. (and still am)
Planted my child's placenta in a vortex.
Sent my toenails overseas.

Robyn 30

Chaya

Survived my childhood and learned to love.

Created and sustained my own business for over 20 years.

Remembered and kept current my Mother’s spaghetti sauce.

Became mother to an amazing daughter when she was 10 years old.

Had the courage to leave my then current life for a life more suitable to who I want to be. 

Chaya, age 62

Sarah

I've given birth to a 9 lb baby boy.
I've slept in cars and painted murals.
I've chained myself to a tree to save a forest.
I have jumped in the mosh pit of love and been fully shaken. 
I can cook a great baked ziti and grandma's potato soup.

Sarah, age 32  

Jerri

I successfully hatched several "endangered" desert tortoises.
I rescued a bird, caught, tangled in a pond.
I drew a picture, as I watched water dripping down a shower door...the water-dripping image, looks like an elephant-woman.
I wrote, at 15 years, an automatic writing piece on "Astral Projection."
I complemented silversmith, Wolfe O'Meara, on his embroidered shirt he was wearing, while in Bisbee, AZ, and Wolfe took the shirt off and gave it to me.

Jerri, age 48  

Gabrielle

Smoked a blunt with half of Wu-Tang Clan.
Had a job that sucked my soul out of my nose.
Prolonged pleasure and taken pain.
Vocally blamed my parents for giving me a genetic chronic illness.
Made something that I think is wonderful.

Gabrielle, age 23

Annette

Auditioned for the NYC ballet company's summer production of the Nutcracker.
Became a licensed RN.
Brought two beautiful beings into this world.
Unleashed the passionate artist inside of me.
Tasted the sweet sunshine upon my lips on a dark cloudy day.

Annette, age 39

Kathy

I stood on the top of the St. Louis Arch.
I gave birth to 3 beautiful sons.
I moved my family to Germany and back to Florida.
I watched a hurricane go by my front porch.
I watched my mother die.

Kathy, age 42

Rita

Met Patch Adams.
Taught a blind person to throw pottery on the wheel.
Moved a couch for the band "Guster".
Been in a viral video.
Helped make a painting that Justin Beiber purchased.

Rita, age 24

MaryJo

I wondered at the babe in my arms.

I worked my hands in dirt and marble dust.

I watched the rain become a river.

I drank in the deep dark.

I never had a dull moment.

MaryJo, age 59

David

Became an Eagle Scout.
Graduated from college with Dyslexia.
Had a 14 wheel tracker trailer run over me while on bicycle at 39.
Adopted a dog that was run over by a car and lost a leg.
Wrote a novel about it all 'One Breath At a Time' on amazon.com

David, age 44

RoByn

I found my true love.

I danced naked on the beach.

I faced the void.

I beat cancer.

I became unafraid to love.

RoByn, age 49

Constance

I had my portrait painted.
I applied unsuccessfully for a bra-modeling job.
I applied successfully for a messenger job.
I was the solo singer in a rock concert on a temporary stage at the NYC Port Authority bus terminal.
I took clown classes.

Constance, age 67

Janice

Raised two fabulous daughters.
Loved too many men.
Felt trapped in Manhattan on September 11.
Gave as much as I could.
Wrote a prize winning poem.

Janice age 66

Ash

I have walked barefoot on burning hot coals at a seminar.

I spent a night out dancing with Jonah Hill and Ben Stiller in Atlanta.

I escaped from a Viper racing car that burst into flames after hitting 147mph.

I sat in on a live recording of the Adam Carolla podcast in Los Angeles.

I was featured on an NBC Reality Show called Escape Routes.

Ash, age 28

George

I have hiked to the bottom of the grand canyon and back up in the same day.

I was in downtown Chicago when Barack Obama won the presidential election in 2008.

I've watched over a thousand different bands produce tons of live music in many different genres! in so many different venues! ah, my ears.

I've lived with many different people from many different walks of life and have held many different kinds of jobs.

I have played interpretive guitar to a beautiful dancer's interpretive dance of someone conducting them with hand signals during a performance.

George, age 36

Sarah

I have hurt someone.

I have loved someone.

I have been afraid.

I have lied while telling the truth.

I have ran naked through a hurricane.

Sarah 

Adamandia

I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower at night and saw the sparkling lights of Paris.
Walked along a beach and found a dark red stone shaped like a heart as the waves touched the shore.
I have been collecting lost bicycle pedal reflectors for years.
I drew a picture of a fish and then embroidered it.
I counted 13 yellow cars, not one of them a taxi, in one morning.

Adamandia, age 47

Tamara

I performed the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.

I sliced and fried peaches and plums in a cast-iron skillet.

I took photos of three wild iguanas.

I laughed until I peed in my pants.

I made a print of my hand.

Tamara

Rehema

I put myself through college and grad school and received degrees in Art History.
I drove by myself from Connecticut to Missouri and back again.
I spent two weeks in Japan and fell in love with the country.
I've had several careers in my life working as a student loan officer, art teacher, curator,administrative assistant, writer, professor and arts administrator.
AND
After years and years of doubting my place in this universe, I became a believer.

Rehema, age 36

Rachelle

Watched my sister take her first breath.

Masturbated with an Isreali cucumber and then ate it.

Shared tea with the US Ambassador to India.

Ran away from a falling World Trade Center Tower.

Kissed my mother goodbye.

Rachelle, age 41

Bibiana

I have stayed true to myself.

I have said I'm allergic to things I simply dislike.

I have had a baby after being told I would never be able to.

I have apologized when I hurt people.

I have said I love you only to the ones I do.

Bibiana, age 38 

Maria

I traveled around Europe by train alone.

I traveled as a sailor to Corsica.

I became an assistant of a famous sculptor.

I became widow.

I picked up my pieces and continued in art.

Maria, age 48

Guido

I made a lot of art.

I learned critical thinking.

I helped many people live creatively.

I enjoyed sex.

I gave up the mind traps of metaphysics.

Guido