Heathyre Perara

~Heathyre~
Poetic inspiration comes to me in many forms, when I'm lucky its boredom, unfortunately most of the time my muse is my own emotions. I bottle my emotions till I explode...its like pulling teeth to find out what is bothering me; sometimes I hide my emotions from myself. Occasionally, I'll express my emotions through poetry which is why sometimes it seems rather depressing. I'm not a depressed person, I rather write about it than express it. Once I write about it, its gone...I'm free of that particular feeling and I move on. I find writing to be very therapeutic...and more cost effective than a therapist. I'm not sure when exactly I started writing...I've always done it...but usually it was just English writing assignments for school. The earliest poems I can find (mostly on scraps of notebook paper or in the margins of class notes) are from sometime between 6th and 7th grade of Middle School.

~Self Expression~
.Painting. my medium: Water Colors painted with applied oil-techniques
.Music. I love music. Classical, Orchestral, Irish, New Age, New Wave, 80's, Gothic, and Industrial.
.Performance Arts. I am currently learning how to play Cello and Bhodran...what a combination. Other instruments I am "Fluent" in include: Clarinet (Bb, Alto, Bass), Bassoon, Sousaphone, Baritone, Trumpet, Saxaphone, Conch Shell, Didgeridoo...etc.
.Photography. Film Processing is rather costly so I mostly work in Digital (Sony Mavica) and I would love to get my hands on a Sony DSC-F717 Cyber-shot.
.Advertising. I have designed brouchures and advertisments for Photographers, New Age Stores, Landscapers, Trucking Companies, and Churches.
.WebDesign. http://www.heathyre.com

~Other Hobbies~
Attending Renaissance Faires
ScrapBooking, making Soaps and Incense, traveling, beading, knitting
Collecting: Coins, Living Dead Dolls, Angel Devil Dolls, elongated (aka spashed/pressed) pennys

~Home Sweet Home~
I am currently living in New Jersey but my goal is to move down to Northport, Florida sometime in the near future. I live at home with my family, and my boyfriend and I are rarely apart. We have a rather large Iguanna named Iggy, an energetic German Shepherd-Husky named Sage and two Beautiful Bengal Cats named Sebastian and Tobias. I love them all very much, even when all my friends drift away, I know, I'll always have my family and my four "children".

~Favorite Poet~
There are so many wonderful poets in this world...far too many for me to choose just one. I appreciate all forms of art from poetry, to painting, songs to sonnets, and everything in between. I admire it all.

~Ways to Contact Heathyre~
E-Mail: shadowpoetry@heathyre.com
Website: http://www.heathyre.com
Journal: http://heathyre.livejournal.com