(a) Tell us a little about Elli?

A Jazz singer off-and-on professionally all over the US and some elsehere for 50 years, a film/tv actor in NY for 4-1/2 years, on a winding spiritual road for 38 years, a native NYer, I also teach and help students resolve their "pesky" performing issues.

(b) How did you get to this place in your life?

I've been on a long and winding road with lots of trauma and drama, returning over and over to metaphysics/spirituality and for 4-1/2 years have stayed closer to that path.

(c) What are you most proud of?

Taking the leap to audition for acting for the first time at the age of 63 and immediately getting cast in a film, and sharing metaphysical/spiritual tools and wisdom with people all over the planet.

(d) How does spirituality inform/influence you as an artist?

Spiritual work directly led to my first singing gig at age 30, to returning to singing at 57 after a 15 year trial-separation, and to my first acting audition at 63. Spirituality profoundly and constantly informs and influences everything I feel and think and I most-strongly experience it when performing.

(e) What brought you to ISE-NY?

I'd been trying to attract, locate and work in and with these sorts of genres and collaborators for 38 years; for several years after seeing an email mentioning spiritual cinema I pulled on various strings and contacted folks until it finally led to Muriel Stockdale and the first ISE-NY meeting.

(f) Where are you going?

Good question: I have my first vocal on a soundtrack (an indie feature film which premiered May 20th in LA and will open July 1st in NY, along with appearing in 5 other cities in between), a nearly-finished first jazz-vocal CD that's awaiting a small windfall to complete, am in multiple indie film projects at various stages of pre-, during- and  post-production or festivals or distribution, I'm always auditioning for more films, and it would be nice to earn a living acting and singing.

(g) What do you see as your legacy to humanity?

Each of us has an audience of folks who need to hear "the message" in his or her unique voice. I want to find, reach, impact, uplift and help inspire and/or enhance the experience, ability, connection and wisdom of those in "my" audience and contribute to their alignment in spiritual and material increase and abundance and to that alignment and increase worldwide.

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