Aletta Mes

Sex: Female
Location: Unspecified
Occupation: arts
Status: Am I online? Hmmmm.....
Member since: Nov 2005
Forum posts: 5
E-mail: aletta [at] aletta.org
Yahoo!: mesaletta
Web site: http://www.aletta.org//
Login status: Offline

About me

Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1954 to an opera singer mother and a research chemist father.

My work

At age 13 I took to the stage, dancing in ballet and musical theatre until 1985 when a bizarre illness (Shy-Drager syndrome) made it impossible to continue dancing. I also trained in Dance Therapy (physical, clinical psychology and journalism. Later I started painting in 1980, and as the body started to give out, painting became a ways of expressing myself within a more restricted world of movement. Writing was always a ways of keeping narratives for remembering later, to be used in some other project, a painting, a choreography a play. All art forms are therapeutic for me, a reason to get out of bed, a brief time magically away from pain.

Fast facts

At the movies I like to see:Stricking visual and poignant comedy
Last movie seen:must not have been memorable, enjoyed a whole night of Marx Bothers a few days ago.
Music I listen to:Classical, Jazz and "world" music, specifically brasilian, indonesian and african, on my saddest days Sachmo always hits the spot.
Favorite author:George Bernard Shaw
Last book read:Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Steven Leachock for about the 100th time.
Best game right now:still like tetris and my F1
Favorite sports team:Ajax
I'm passionate about:the arts, F1,football (soccer), people and children's literature
I wish I could:have my health back
Favorite travel destination:anywhere not a war zone, and maybe even those, just very fond of living
On my vacation I..:what's a vacation?
If I won 1 million dollars, I would:relax and not sweat the small stuff
If I were a super hero I would:be even more tired of the stupid things people do
Food I like:must be spicey and fragrant, or sweet and fragrant
I don't like:petty people
Software I use:Corel wordPerfect, Videowave 4.0, Paint Shop Pro 7.0, Irfanview
Hardware I use:Frankenputer something scavenged and redesigned, works well enough for an old beast