Look and Listen

Biography

Anjuelle Floyd received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington. She has received certificates of participation from The Hurston-Wright Writers’ Week and The Voices of Our Nations Writing Workshops. A graduate of Duke University, she received her MA in Counseling Psychology from The California Institute of Integral Studies, and is also a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in dream work. Anjuelle has practiced the art of Process Painting for the last decade, and has participated in The Art of Living Black Exhibitions 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 held at the Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California. Anjuelle facilitates writing groups and provides individual consultation of fiction projects. A wife and mother of 25 years, she also gives talks on The Need for Family, the Writing Process as a Path Towards Self-discovery and Healing.

Inspiration

I receive inspiration and sustenance from:, Denzel Washington, Shah Ruk Khan, Rani Murkerji. My children. Rumi, the Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita, Christ, the Buddha, Siva, Lord Krishna, and Rama, Oldumare, Yemaya. Renoir, Romare Bearden, Degas, Redon, Klimt, Klee, Picasso, Chagall. All the Gods and Goddesses of the world and the great artists of now and yesterday. And those who make music and movies from times past and now. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Yo Yo Ma, Earth Wind and Fire, Chicago, A. R. Rahman. Denzel Washington, Bollywood Movies, ShahRuk Khan, Rani Murkerji. My children. And most of all, definitely not least, my lover, best friend, and husband of 25 years, for whom I am thankful to all the deities of having known in this life, and pray to love again in those to come.