Submitted by kathleen on Tue, 11/13/2012 - 16:06
I met Raya Herzig when I was in England for the "Once Were Warriors" show in Exeter - in fact I stayed with her and her wonderful partner Oko, who picked me up at the airport! Together they are a hidden jewel within the city of Exeter, and in this world. I asked Raya if I could write about her for the Veterans Artist Program and she graciously agreed. Raya suffers from the worst post war trauma, that of being held in German concentration camps for five years where she lost her whole family with the exception of her sister.
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Our staff here at the Veteran Artist Program has been having some very productive meetings lately. With multiple events planned all over the country this year, a new app, and a complete redesign of our website, productive they had better be. Since we can't always get together in person we have been making good use of Google Hangouts to do virtual conference calls.
Last week I shot a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for VAP in Washington, DC. We were fortunate to have Gibson Guitar allow us to use their amazing location. The only hitch of the night was it was the first game of the Capitals new hockey season and it made for some tricky parking & a loud burst of energetic fans leaving once the game was over.
Throughout life we all pick up habits, some good and some bad. It's these bad ones that cause us at times to be unreliable, undependable, self-centered, and unfocused. When a soldier goes through basic training they are broken down and stripped of their habits. It is easier to build a masterpiece on a blank canvas. Without even realizing it is happening our Drill Sergeants are building new habits tha
