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Is there anything that you’re currently working on? Oh, I am always working on a million things at once. I have about four pieces in progress right now.
My newest piece that I am starting is a 6-feet-by-6-feet canvas, which is quite intimidating, but I'm thrilled to see what comes out. My work is recently transitioning from a personal expression to devotional worship. As I began to see the divine in nature, in color, in line and in the design of all things, my
art began transforming, as I…began growing spiritually. My new works embrace and express gratitude for all spectrums of emotions, which is beginning to enter…into the realm of “visionary art.”
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Among those raising objections is Los Cerritos resident John Deats, who lives at Pacific Avenue, 36th Street and Country Club Drive. The longtime resident said in a previous article in the Signal Tribune that a proposed roundabout at the intersection would remove about 150 feet of parking from the front of his home. “I question [whether] it is worth the detriment of the quality of people’s lives, having parking stripped away from them,” he said. Seventh District Long Beach City Councilmember James Johnson, however, said it was nearby residents who insisted that the roundabouts be added to the project to make the streets safer since the original proposal involved only adding bike lanes. “The idea of roundabouts, from the community, was they felt it would help slow traffic from Pacific Avenue and decrease through traffic,” he said. Johnson added that roundabouts and traffic circles would not only provide children with a safer street to ride bikes to nearby schools but would also encourage healthy activity and free up traffic on the road for drivers. “We’re trying to improve mobility,” he said “The more people ride bikes, the more it increases quality of life for those residents… One of the largest groups of users of bikes is kids going to elementary school… We need to make sure they’re safe. And, the more people exercise, the more it’s good for health. It’s also good for traffic relief, because the more people get on bikes, the fewer cars we have. And those people who do need to drive of course will have less traffic.” Tweed added that, at this point, the amount of roundabouts and traffic circles being proposed is still “negotiable,” adding that residents still have time to provide input as the City is currently in the design phase and plans to come back to the community with final designs for the Pacific Avenue and Daisy Avenue projects this fall. He said construction of both projects wouldn’t begin until sometime next year. “We’re still going round and round with [residents],” Tweed said. “… We’re pretty confident this will come forward, but there may be some changes to the initial concepts.” City officials have also assured residents that the roundabouts and traffic circles proposed on Daisy Avenue would not impact the annual Daisy Avenue Christmas Tree Lane Parade, which has been a staple in the Wrigley neighborhood since 1953. Still, some residents said
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