Michael Bader is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in San Francisco. He is the author of Arousal: The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies and a forthcoming book, Male Sexuality: Why Women Don’t Understand It -- and Men Don’t Either. He has also written extensively on psychology and politics for Tikkun Magazine and AlterNet. "I’m Tired of Being Cool -- Understanding My Love Affair With Barack Obama."

Jennifer Esperanza lives and works in Santa Fe. She has photographed for groups like the Bioneers, V-Day, FACT, the Heart Gallery and Thirsty Ear Festival, and her work has been published in New Mexico Magazine, Light of Consciousness, Yogi Times, the Village Voice, Variety and many other publications. www.jenniferesperanza.com or www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferesperanza. Her photographs of Prakesh.

Sam Hitt recently upgraded from being a part-time frantic to being full time, at least until November. This has required taking a breather from writing an irreverent book on the ancient forests of the Southwest. He founded Forest Guardians in 1989 and Wild Watershed in 2001. "An Inclusive Politics of Radical Renewal: We Have Nothing to Lose but Our Planet."

Richard McCord founded the Santa Fe Reporter in 1974 and directed it until 1988. Since then he has been a freelance author, columnist and editor. Recently he has focused on books about New Mexico, including Albuquerque’s 300th anniversary and currently the history of the College of Santa Fe. "The Great Courthouse Showdown: Despite All the Fisticuffs, This Stuff Is Good for Us."

Paul Ross is an award-winning writer, photographer and multimedia maker based in Santa Fe who frequently travels as much as 10 months a year. Stories, images and video of his journeys are shared on his website, www.globaladventure.us, where there’s also the unique opportunity to join him in upcoming adventures. "The World’s Greatest Profession?."

In 1981 Gershon Siegel arrived in Santa Fe to become more contemplative following his hectic decade in the Bay Area. Now, after 27 years in the "land of mañana," he’s just begun meditating using the mantra "Ignore the answer, forget the question," given to him by his guru, Swami Dawdledananda. "The Road to Santa Fe."

You can now subscribe to Gail Snyder’s new every-other-monthly literary art book, Not Drowning, Waving, whose purpose is to not only seed the next revolution but spearhead it by choosing evolution over the hopeless anger and cynicism engendered by mainstream media these bad-boy days. www.notdrowningwaving-themag.com. "A Hopeful Call to Arms."

Sean Tebor teaches yoga privately and publicly in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He travels and teaches workshops and yoga immersions around the country. He is passionate about finding simple truth amidst the complexities of the practice, and loves to use metaphor to help students take the practice off the mat. "The Breath Pulse: A Devotional Look at Breathing and Yoga."

Jeannie Zandi is a spiritual guide, writer, poet and mom whose passion is sharing the recognition and embodiment of our deepest nature through writing and working with individuals and groups. She holds an MA from Naropa University in transpersonal counseling psychology and can be reached at jeannie@taosnet.com or www.jeanniezandi.com. "Sweet Body."







		Michael Bader is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in San Francisco. He is the author of Arousal: The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies and a forthcoming book, Male Sexuality: Why Women Don’t Understand It -- and Men Don’t Either. He has also written extensively on psychology and politics for Tikkun Magazine and AlterNet. "I’m Tired of Being Cool -- Understanding My Love Affair With Barack Obama." Jennifer Esperanza lives and works in Santa Fe. She has photographed for groups like the Bioneers, V-Day, FACT, the Heart Gallery and Thirsty Ear Festival, and her work has been published in New Mexico Magazine, Light of Consciousness, Yogi Times, the Village Voice, Variety and many other publications. www.jenniferesperanza.com or www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferesperanza. Her photographs of Prakesh. Sam Hitt recently upgraded from being a part-time frantic to being full time, at least until November. This has required taking a breather from writing an irreverent book on the ancient forests of the Southwest. He founded Forest Guardians in 1989 and Wild Watershed in 2001. "An Inclusive Politics of Radical Renewal: We Have Nothing to Lose but Our Planet." Richard McCord founded the Santa Fe Reporter in 1974 and directed it until 1988. Since then he has been a freelance author, columnist and editor. Recently he has focused on books about New Mexico, including Albuquerque’s 300th anniversary and currently the history of the College of Santa Fe. "The Great Courthouse Showdown: Despite All the Fisticuffs, This Stuff Is Good for Us." Paul Ross is an award-winning writer, photographer and multimedia maker based in Santa Fe who frequently travels as much as 10 months a year. Stories, images and video of his journeys are shared on his website, www.globaladventure.us, where there’s also the unique opportunity to join him in upcoming adventures. "The World’s Greatest Profession?." In 1981 Gershon Siegel arrived in Santa Fe to become more contemplative following his hectic decade in the Bay Area. Now, after 27 years in the "land of mañana," he’s just begun meditating using the mantra "Ignore the answer, forget the question," given to him by his guru, Swami Dawdledananda. "The Road to Santa Fe." You can now subscribe to Gail Snyder’s new every-other-monthly literary art book, Not Drowning, Waving, whose purpose is to not only seed the next revolution but spearhead it by choosing evolution over the hopeless anger and cynicism engendered by mainstream media these bad-boy days. www.notdrowningwaving-themag.com. "A Hopeful Call to Arms." Sean Tebor teaches yoga privately and publicly in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He travels and teaches workshops and yoga immersions around the country. He is passionate about finding simple truth amidst the complexities of the practice, and loves to use metaphor to help students take the practice off the mat. "The Breath Pulse: A Devotional Look at Breathing and Yoga." Jeannie Zandi is a spiritual guide, writer, poet and mom whose passion is sharing the recognition and embodiment of our deepest nature through writing and working with individuals and groups. She holds an MA from Naropa University in transpersonal counseling psychology and can be reached at jeannie@taosnet.com or www.jeanniezandi.com. "Sweet Body."				This Month’s Cover Artist: hung liu When you see different sides you begin to realize how complex history is. One of our neighbors in Texas was a veteran; he told us that during the Korean War he flew over China to drop bombs, but when we went away he looked after our house. Neighbors become enemies, become friends again; it is a very strange thing. The complexity of history is not a one-sided story. There is no clear answer. I think you should leave the ambiguity there forever. -- Hung Liu ocial and artistic histories course through Hung Liu’s work. With her confident athletic gestures of painting on canvas, her slick, alluring resin and oil pigment works, Hung Liu has for more than 30 years represented figures based on 19^th- and 20^th-century documentary photographs depicting the life and struggle of China. Her art training as a social realist along with her witness to a devastated homeland allow her the depth and capacity of emotion to paint with a fierce commitment and strength. Liu’s painterly characters are primarily women workers --prostitutes, laborers and acrobats -- all of whom have navigated China’s shifting cultural conditions. By surrounding her figures with traditional but symbolic elements, she blesses their past of torment and strife with a sense of honor and dignity. Liu’s father was a captain in the Nationalist Kuomintang and spent most of his life imprisoned by the Communists. The waves of Mao’s Cultural Revolution washed through the youth culture of China, and Liu herself spent four years in a "reeducation camp" working in rice fields seven days a week. Hung Liu was born in Changchun, China, in 1948. After earning a BFA at the Beijing Teacher’s College, she continued her studies at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. She emigrated from China to the United States in 1984 to attend the University of California, San Diego, where she received an MFA. Liu currently lives in Oakland and is a tenured professor in the art department at Mills College. Her work is included in major museum collections throughout the country. Hung Liu is represented locally by Turner Carroll Gallery, 725 Canyon Road in Santa Fe, (505) 986-9800. You can view a selection of her work at www.turnercarrollgallery.com.