Mark Hein, a poet and painter, began making art on a fog-swept hill in San Francisco. After traveling the world, raising a family, and working as a teacher, journalist, and psychotherapist, he makes art in a wooded canyon in Los Angeles.
"I wrote my first poem at 14, to struggle with a loss... It's been a way of working through crises ever since. But it's also become a way of celebrating moments (hence my love of haiku), and exploring our intense feelings. I haven't sought to publish my poetry since I was in my early 20s... Now, I simply want to make it available to whomever it was given me for."