Author and photography
Tracy Todd began writing fiction stories at age 8, binding the pages with string to create “books.” Her love of writing continued with personal dream journals. She chronicled more than 40 years of dreams, with spiritual and symbolic interpretations, drawing heavily on her own intuition and the wisdom of mystical dream interpreter, Ann Ree Colton, of the Ann Ree Colton Foundation of Niscience, Inc. These journals portray her life within a framework of spiritual growth and personal life lessons.
Tracy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from Indiana University in 1980, then sharpened her writing skills with four years of correspondence writing courses with the Institute of Children’s Literature. Highly praised by her instructors, she excelled in writing nonfiction articles for young readers and was published by Children’s Digest magazine in 1985.
Tracy has just published her first book entitled, “Here Am I.” It is a collection of 15 “reflections” (full page free-flow poetry). This gift book also features her photography. Each reflection in the book has an adjacent photo which captures the intent of the poem.
Tracy’s personal library reflects a lifelong search for the commonalities and threads of shared spiritual truths within different religions, philosophies and modes of thought. Her first reflection, “The Human Dichotomy,” was taken directly from her own journals.
Today, Tracy writes free-flow inspirational poetry, speaking to the soul about common human themes with a fresh, and unifying perspective. She also enjoys writing Haiku poetry in the traditional Japanese 5-7-5- syllable format. Tracy, and her husband Jack, live in the beautiful artist community of Nashville with their six cats, one dog and a myriad of wildlife at their doorstep. They have two grown daughters.
Tracy is a guest artist at the studio of Amanda Mathis. She will be showing her books and photography on the tour.
|
