Two documentary films I have directed & produced are My Journey Toward Wholeness and Edge of the Sea Gallery (1998-2003).

You can also see a 1979 film of me reading my poem, “whoever i am, i’m a fat womon.”

Since the early 1970’s, I have been been writing poetry, plays, essays, and stories. Finding spiritual presence informs my work. My stories reflect the lives of unconventional outsiders, the search to find acceptance and our mystical journey to wholeness and spiritual redemption.

I have studied and practiced dance with an emphasis on creating a supportive cultural atmosphere for all people, to give ourselves permission to experience the joy of creative movement.

I have shared my Poetry and creative dance in liturgical prayer celebrations, secular places and journals. More poetry I have written is on this website at Meher Baba, and Rubenesque Landscape. Inspired by cat companions, Simon and Simone, I have also written stories and poems for children.

Between 1973-1977, I wrote essays and poetry for Sister! a Los Angeles feminist newspaper. During these years, Vivian Mayer and I collected early drafts of the pioneering anthology Shadow on a Tightrope (Writings by Women on Fat Oppression). My poetry and essays are included in the book. The anthology title Shadow on a Tightrope is from a line in my poem, “whoever i am, i’m a fat woman.” (I wrote under the pen name Sharon Bas Hannah at the time).

Between 1974-1979, the process of Jungian psychology became an important experience for helping me to discern my authentic self. During those years I met with Jungian therapists and attended Jungian seminars in Los Angeles, California, in New Haven, Connecticut and Cambridge, Mass. I began to feel more self-validation in my creative writing. During this time, I began to focus on my poems, creative dance and stories.

The years I was in Jungian therapy, circa 1975-1979 and then in 1996, continue to inspire me in my life and creative projects.

In 1977, I discovered the poetry of Paul Eluard and other artists at the home of my poet friend, David Cumberland (David Johnson). Encouraged by David, I began to discover my authentic calling to be an artist. I began to see myself more strongly in that light.

In 1978, having been accepted into the the Theater Project of the Goddard-Cambridge Graduate Program in Social Change, Cambridge, Massachusetts, I moved to the Cambridge area. My graduate work in the theater program there focused on writing experimental plays and poetry. I also studied Middle Eastern and creative dance and began to perform and teach dance.

My 1984 Master’s Degree from Goddard/Vermont College is in Theater and Creative Dance, with an emphasis on creating innovative roles that honor the lives of full-figured and unconventional women.

My archives are in Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, under my pen name, Sharonah Robinson. The collection there includes the early drafts of Shadow on a Tightrope; my 1984 Master’s project (Three Plays and Notes on Dance), along with my poems, stories, miscellaneous notes and films.

I have also donated to Radcliffe Esalen Journey (1986-1987), the journal I wrote during my four month stay at Esalen Institute. I continue to donate more of my writings to this collection, with gratitude that my work has “a safe home.”

In 1995, I traveled to India on a spiritual pilgrimage to visit the Avatar Meher Baba Center. I went to Meher Baba’s tomb and visited with His close disciples. After this journey, I began to exhibit my visual art and to reclaim that creative aspect in my life.