Today's Featured Biography
Scott Potter
6615 Kings Valley Road
Crescent City, CA 95531
(707) 487-0735
[email protected]
Scott M. Potter
Academic Achievements
Ph.D. in Mythological Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2006-2008, Pending—Concept Paper accepted
M.A. in Mythological Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2002-2004, Co-editor of journal between 2005
Masters of Management, Aquinas College, 1999-2001, Hruby and Norbert Scholarships throughout
Visual Arts Administration—Business & Art w/ Studio Art Minor, Aquinas College, 1989-1995, Dean’s List
Appointments & Awards
Volunteer Roles
Holistic Health Club: Co-Chair—Aquinas College 1994
Co-chairing weekly to semi-weekly meetings; organized and spearheaded festival: “Wholistic Health Doesn’t Just Happen”, May of 1994, intended as annual event; countless hours spent phoning contacts for communications organizations, holistic health practitioners, artists and musicians and developing a master list for the club; acted as liaison between club and senate
FM Radio Station: Senior DJ—Aquinas College 1994
DJ’d 14 radio shows to ensure FM status would be achieved while taking 18-24 credits; shows varied in musical variety and format: Blues, World Music, Reggae, Jazz, Alternative, Classic Rock, and Classical, as well as live poetry readings and live music by in-house guests
G.O.Y.A. (Get Off Yer Ass): Tri-Founder—Eastown March 1998
Developed organization via: technical writing; designed logo, forms, correspondence, advertising and administration; compiled contact lists of advertisers, artists, communications organizations, musicians and sponsors; composed organizational statement and five-year forecast; spearheaded everything but technical/equipment and stage manager aspects of Calvin College G.O.Y.A. show: June of 1998, resigned in July of 1998, irreconcilable differences
Poet/Poetry Performer 1985-2004
Performed original Potter Poetry: on WAQU, as Senior DJ: The Otter radio shows, 1994-1995; on WYCE88.1FM’s West Michigan Poet’s series, 1996; at: Gold Coast Café, Four Friends, Kava House, Billy’s, and Intersection, 1993-2000; as MC, Lillian's Café, 1998; at Measurement Incorporated, 1997-2002; at Pacifica Graduate Institute 2002-4; numerous poems on www.poetry.com, 1996-2004
Operation Feed, Inc.: Vice-President/D.O.O. 1998-2000
Vice-President and Director of Operations, from 1998-2000: developed, composed and filed all IRS forms, Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to register as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; created logo; designed business forms and correspondence; authored mission and vision statements; appointed Board Members, all complying with Michigan/Federal laws and regulations; amicably resigned, 2000
SilverLeaf Renaissance Faire: Volunteer /Performer 1998-2001
Assisted in marketing and advertising, in addition to volunteer duties at the Faire in costume; performed tarot readings as the Mystical Artist, Seshathe
Pacifica Graduate Institute: Student Representative 2002-3
Acted as Student Representative for G-I track Mythology Students, 2005, during first academic year of MA/PhD program in Mythological Studies
between: Editorial Review Board—Pacifica Graduate Institute 2003-4
Reviewed submissions to the between, a student-run and student-promoted professional publication; submissions included artwork, poetry, essays and short stories
between: Co-Editor—Pacifica Graduate Institute 2004-5
Acted as co-editor for between, a student-run and student-promoted professional publication; appointed co-editor and editorial review board; sat on editorial review board as well, reviewing submissions; submissions included artwork, poetry, essays and short stories
Union of Faces: Founder/President 2006
Founder and President of as-yet established nonprofit: developed, composed and designed the mission and vision statements, exhaustive Business Plan as cornerstone course for Masters of Management, logo, business forms and correspondence; establishing connections globally for transportation and exchange of exhibitions (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America)
Nonprofit Roles
Eastown Community Association: Block Captain/Neighborhood Watch Program 1994-6
Volunteered as Block Captain: collected all block addresses, phone numbers and contact names, passed out emergency contact information, and Neighborhood Watch Program kits; developed ongoing relationships with neighbors; organized annual neighborhood block party; liaison between Grand Rapids Police Department and ECA; monitored crack houses on block for GRPD; patrolled community
Solo Exhibition: Artist—Aquinas College 1994
Organized, advertised and arranged ceramic sculptural show, “Art for the Blind and Not So Blind” in the Art & Music Center at Aquinas College
Eastown Street Fair: Volunteer/Stage Manager 1995-6
Congenially completed various menial jobs, from street sweeping, stage and chair set-up to pick-up and loading/unloading of cooking gear, stages and hundreds of chairs, from grilling for eight hours to tear down, reloading, drop-off of cooking gear, stages and chairs; Stage Manager for eclectic Stage Two, contacted and booked bands
Eastown Street Fair: Director 1997
Appointed Director at end of 1996; trained under previous Director; developed new direction: set up media sponsorship/coverage with WOOD-TV8, WKLQ-94.5FM/WLAV-97FM and WYCE-88.1FM; Arts Walk with Eastown Small Business Association; corporate sponsorship campaign; advertising/marketing campaigns; logo design competition; artist and musician contact masters; food and beverage sponsors; voluntary resignation in May due to intolerable conditions
Grand Rapids Art Museum: Silent Auction Chair 1995
Successfully completed Internship as Silent Auction Chair; reported directly to Executive Director Judith Sobol; developed, designed, implemented and physically produced auction area, turning a gallery into a Macy’s look-a-like, on minimal budget; solicited donations; designed and set-up pedestal/displays of donated items; auctions raised unexpectedly high $65,000
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: Volunteer 1995-2002
Volunteered right after opening, began as a horticultural guide in botanical gardens, attended classes on various tropical plants, completed training, conducted guided tours of botanical gardens; botanical assistant for visitors; set-up trees for Christmas Trees of the World; annual Golf Outing; completed docent training for sculpture park; earned permanent volunteer badge
Coast Redwoods Art Association: Member, Editor & Director of Board 2004-2006
Joined as a member upon moving to Crescent City, was asked to be Editor of the Art Newsletter in January of 2006, and nominated to Board in February, prepared first newsletter for February
Publications
Poems
“‘Daphne Transformed, Feeling Herself Laurel, Wishes You Become Wind’—Rilke.” Page 10.
Sampler VI: Student Art & Writings: Aquinas College, 1994
“DWM Blues II.” Page 21. Sampler VI: Student Art & Writings: Aquinas College, 1994
“Boucher’s Backdrop.” Page 18. Sampler VII: Student Art & Writings: Aquinas College, 1995
“Babble.” Page 36. Sampler VII: Student Art & Writings: Aquinas College, 1995
“The Beauty Lies in Bleeding.” Page 83. Outstanding Poets of 1998: The National Library of
Poetry. Ed. Richard Schaub. Owings Mills, MD: Watermark P, 1998
“Hiemal Despair.” Page 20. The Harmony of Silence: The National Library of Poetry. Ed. John
C. Sullivan. Owings Mills, MD: Watermark P, 2000
“Soul Eyes.” Page 25. Sampler Twelve: Student Art & Writing: Aquinas College, 2000
“Poetry.” Page 48. Sampler Thirteen: Student Art & Writing: Aquinas College, 2001
“Dreams Escape.” Page 2. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2003
“Language of Leaves.” Page 60. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2004
“Exhaling Plath,” “I am a Tree,” and “An Ocean Sojourne.” Mythic Artist.
http://www.mythicartist.org/artists/profiles/scottpotter.html, 2004
“Tolkienku,” “Heart-Filled Waves,” “Waiting Blues,” and “A Mythic Land.” EastVillagePoetry.com.
http://www.eastvillagepoetry.com/OldPages/SMPotter.htm, 2004
Listed under the first Potter, Scott entry: “But Beauty Vanishes; Beauty Passes; However
Rare It Be: DeLaMare,” “Great Art,” “Heimal Despair,” “How Long We Sit,” “I Resist the Current Paradigm,” “I Resist the Current Paradigm II,” “Inside the Silence,” “Jeremainy Potter,” “Language of Leaves,” “Melancholy Whispers,” “Natural Rotary,” “Oh Beautiful Sun That We May Be One,” “Only the Lonely Know,” “Pop, Nat, and Favors,” “Snow and Sparrows,” “The Tragedy of Chance Encounter,” “This Place Now,” “Too Swift, River Consciousness,” “Your Shame Is Not Mine, Nor Mine Yours;” under the first Potter, Scott Michael entry: “Abiku,” “No Costuming Necessary,” “So True a Fool is Love that in Your Will…,” “The Beauty Lies in Bleeding;” under the second Potter, Scott Michael entry: “African Portal,” “Pequod Down! Poseidon Issues…;” under the third Potter, Scott Michael entry: “Exhaling Plath,” “Inside the Silence,” “Mythic Moving,” “On Not Looking Behind,” “Out of the Deep Ride Choice,” and “The Beauty is in Bleeding: An Alchemical Transformation.” The International Library of Poetry: Poetry.com,
http://www.poetry.com/Publications/search.asp, 1998-2005
“Temple Trees.” Mythic Rhythm. Ed. and Publisher. Kris Seraphine.
http://www.mythicrhythm.com/blogArchive/2005_01_01_archive.html, 2005
Images
“Warrior.” Front Cover. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2003
“Arch Portal.” Front Cover. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2004
“Pacifica Morning Fog.” Page 22. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2004
“Greenman.” Inside Back Cover. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2004
“three trees photo 64.” Mythic Artist. http://www.mythicartist.org, 2004
“three trees photo 9974.” Mythic Artist. http://www.mythicartist.org, 2004
“AlchemArtist.” Page 8. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2005
“Cosmic Tree Meets Kabbalah.” Page 25. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2005
“Re-Membering Gaia.” Inside Back Cover. between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, 2005
http://www.thebetween.org.
Essays & Articles
“Daphne.” Mythology: A CD-ROM Encyclopedia; Vol. 1: Greek and Roman. Ed. Ginette Paris.
MultimediaMultimedia.com, 2000
“Artemis as Embodied in the Ents.” Archetypal Images in Cinema. Ed. Ginette Paris.
http://www.online.pacifica.edu/cinema/member/login, 2004
“A Beginner Mythologist’s Definition of Myth.” Mythological Meanderings. Ed. and Publisher.
Scott Potter. http://mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com/, 12 October 2004.
“Nature’s Tenor: Trees as Vehicle.” Mythological Meanderings. Ed. and Publisher. Scott Potter.
http://mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com/, 2004.
“Artemis as Embodied in the Ents.” Mythological Meanderings. Ed. and Publisher. Scott Potter.
http://mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com/, 2004.
“Joseph Campbell: A Monotheistic Deconstructionist.” Mythological Meanderings. Ed. and
Publisher. Scott Potter. http://mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com/, 2005.
“In Response to Joseph Campbell's Alleged Anti-Semitism.” Mythic Rhythm. Ed. and
Publisher. Kris Seraphine. http://www.mythicrhythm.com/2005/01/in-response-to-joseph-campbells.html, 2005.
“A Reaction to Paul Laviolette’s Beyond the Big Bang: […].” Mythological Meanderings. Ed.
and Publisher. Scott Potter. http://mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com/, 2005.
“Myth Ramble: February 7 2005.” Mythological Meanderings. Ed. and Publisher. Scott Potter.
http://mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com/, 2005.
“Myth Ramble: February 7 2005.” Mythic Rhythm. Ed. and Publisher. Kris Seraphine.
http://www.mythicrhythm.com/2005/02/myth-ramble-february-7-2005.html, 2005.
“A Transformational Journey Through Dante’s Trees.” Mythological Meanderings. Ed. and
Publisher. Scott Potter. http://mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com/, 2005.
“A Transformational Journey Through Dante’s Trees.” Mythic Rhythm. Ed. and
Publisher. Kris Seraphine. http://www.mythicrhythm.com/2005/05/transformational-journey-through.html, 2005.
“The Re-Telling & Re-Visioning of Daphoene/Daphne/Pasiphae.” Cosmos and Logos:
Cosmology, Mythology and Ancient Mysteries. Ed. and Publisher. John Lundwall.
http://www.cosmosandlogos.com/category/000051.php, 2005.
“Seeing Treeing Osiris.” Mythological Meanderings. Ed. and Publisher. Scott Potter.
http://mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com/, 2005.
Mythologically Related Artwork, Research & Writing
Visual Art
Daphne Trilogy. Oil Pastel. Triptych. 2-18x24, 1-28x40. Daphne is freed from the tree in stages
Daphne. Spray Insulation Foam & Canvas. 5’x7’. Daphne coming out of the tree
Alchemartist. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Alchemist meets Dragon
Greenwoman. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Powerful Forest Entity
Lochness. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Vibrant Water Entity
Poseidon Rising. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Powerful Water Entity
Tantalus. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Powerfully Eerie Cave Entity
Protoplasm. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Original Matter
Animal Spirits. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Primordial Creatures
She-He Said. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Surrealist Archetype
Forest Demon. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Symbolic Demon Archetype
Fairy 1. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Fairy Archetype
Hawkman. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Metamorphosis/Hawk/Human
Spirit Faces. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Numen Withal
Warrior 2. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. From Underworld
Watching. Graphically Enhanced Digital Photo. Deity Looking Upon World
Poems
Entities of the World. 200+ poetical pills: global entities classified like the Macks, bonus Psyche group
Soul Card Poetry. Series of poems based on Soul Cards of Deborah-Koff Chapman
Mythic Poems. A Cave’s Worth Pondering, A Grown Tree, A Muse is Amusing, African Portal,
African Song, An Eternity in Yesterday, Apollo’s Delivery, Caste(ing) Wiccan Love, Daphne series, Draupadi, Earth Retaliates, Epimethus, Eros, Ether as Spirit, Gods, Gods, Titans & Humans, Greenman, Halcyon Glade without a Chariot, Hiemal Despair, I Once Loved to Hear the Sirens, I was Sevia, Igneus, Inside the Silence, Laud the Poetry, Liminality, Liquid Earth, Liquid Sky, Lotus Journey, Maya: the creative illusion, Momentary Fugue, Myth’ll Mythn’t Myth’s, Mytheme or Polymytheme, Natural Rotary, No Gibberish too Gibbery, Ocean Galaxies, Ode to Sappho, Opening Portals to the Hidden, Peace Wades Strife, Succubus, Pequod Down, Poesis Imparted, Psyche Centering, Rip in the Hollow, Salute the Sacrifice of Pan, Soul Eyes, Telesphoros, The Blue Pearl, The Tryst of Psyche and Apollo, Tree Spirit Flowers, Tree Talk, Trees, Truffula Trees, We Are Earth, Air, Water, Fire, Ether, Temple Trees, among others
Essays
“The Question of Racism.” April 9, 2000
“Creationism Versus Evolution.” 2001
“A Mythic Land.” March 1, 2003
“On Soul Exploration.” September 5, 2003
“Why Change is God.” August 10, 2003
“On Love.” February 3, 2004
“Sometimes I Hear the Mystery.” February 13, 2004
Papers
Attending Aquinas College, Masters of Management, 2001
“An Outline of Beliefs and Thoughts, as Religious Synthesis Based in Faith.” & “The Faith of
Islam—Submission to God.” Business Ethics (MG 570)
Attending Pacifica Graduate Institute, Mythological Studies MA/Ph.D., 2005
2002
“A Beginner Mythologist’s Initial Definition of Myth.” Approaches to the Study of Myth (MS 620),
Fall Quarter
“Transformative and Archetypal Lotus.” Mythology and Personal Transformation (MS 520), Fall
“Mahabharata as Self-Mastery Perpetuating War.” Asian Religious Traditions I (MS 503), Fall
2003
“Daphne & Alchemical Transformation.” History of Depth Psychology (MS 510), Winter Quarter
“Psychologizing Cinderella.” Folklore & Fairytales (MS 602), Winter
“Daphne.” Greek and Roman Mythology I (MS 505), Winter
“Receiving Imparted Poesis.” Approaches to Dream (MS 521), Spring Quarter
“Artful Individuation Today.” Jungian Depth Psychology (MS 511), Spring
“Death as Savior in Journey.” Epic Imagination (MS 604), Spring
“White Roots of Peace Meets Yggdrasil: A Study of Tree-Influences.” Native Mythologies of the
Americas (MS 522), Summer Quarter
“Soul Persephone & Soul Demeter.” Greek & Roman Mythologies II (MS 705), Fall Quarter
“Within the Approach of Out or In: Especially Through Possession.” African and African Diaspora
Mythologies (MS 506), Fall
“Image Imagining Imagination.”, “Shadow and Luminescent Darkness.”, & “Thinking
Linguistically.” Post-Jungian & Archetypal Theory (MS 611), Fall
2004
“Mythological Relevance of Trees in Buddhism.” Buddhist Traditions (MS 605), Winter Quarter
“Trees in the Middle Ages.” European Sacred Traditions (MS 502), Winter
“Art, Mythology & Nature: A Union of Poesis.” & “Nature’s Tenor: Trees as Vehicle.” Cultural
Mythologies I: Joseph Campbell (MS 514), Winter
“Scientific-Psycho-Mythological Trees and Water.” Psyche and Nature (MS 615), Spring Quarter
“Hunting Trees.” Hunting & Agricultural Mythologies (MS 725), Spring
“KabbAlchemTree.” Esoteric Traditions (MS 607), Spring
“Artemis as Embodied in the Ents.” Archetypal Image in Cinema (MS 626), Summer Quarter
“Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung and Alchemy.” & “Deforesting Tree & Soul.” Integrative Studies (MS
630); Part I: Mythology and Religious Traditions—Part II: Depth Psychology, Literature and Culture, Summer
“‘Crossing’ the Tree of Life.” Mythologies of the Monotheistic Traditions (MS 701), Fall Quarter
“A Transformational Journey Through Dante’s Trees.” Mythopoetic Images (MS 727), Fall
“Icons Do Not Corral the Sacred or Numinous: On the Necessity of an Understanding of the
Interrelationship Between Aesthesis and Poesis.” Cultural Mythologies II: (MS 614), Fall
2005
“Methodology in The Art of Inquiry: A depth psychological perspective.” Religious Studies
Approaches to Mythology (MS 720), Winter Quarter
“Seeing Treeing Osiris.” Egyptian Mythology (MS714), Winter
“God-Imaged Self.” and “Losing Religiosity in a Haystack of Mythology.” A New Myth of God
(MS 711), Winter
“The As-sidrat al-muntaha: The Ultimate Lotus Tree.” Islamic Traditions (MS 608), Spring Quarter
“Outline of Mythological Trees.” Research Strategies for Dissertation Writing (MS 730), Spring
“Seeing Daphne: A Tree Transforms.” Dissertation Formulation (MS 723), Spring
“Seeing Into Self Through Numinosity in a Life.” Myths of the Self: Memoir & Autobiography
(MS 726), Summer Quarter
Rituals
“Condolence Ceremony.” October 9, 2003
“Marriage Ceremony.” April 9, 2004
“New Year Ritual.” December 31, 2004
Internet
http://www.mythicartist.org/artists/profiles/scottpotter.html: poetry
http://www.eastvillagepoetry.com/OldPages/SMPotter.htm: poetry
http://www.poetry.com: poetry in many listings under Potter, Scott & Potter, Scott Michael
http://www.thebetween.org: front cover images, co-editor 2004-5
http://flickr.com/photos/56099871@N00/: digital images, both graphic and photographic
http://www.rp-online.de/hps/client/opinio/public/pjsub/production_long.hbs?hxmain_object_id=PJSUB::ARTICLE::39682&hxmain_category=::pjsub::opinio::/reisen_ausflug/reiseberichte/amerika/usa: digital photographs
2006
Blogspots I have built:
http://www.mythologicalmeanderings.blogspot.com: Mythological poetry, images, papers and rambles
http://sequoia-de-o.blogspot.com/: collaborative verse poetry, photographs, and a wedding ritual
http://threetrees.blogspot.com/: an ongoing series of photographs of three backyard trees
Websites I have built:
http://www.jwadkins.com: J. W. Adkins Artist website, 2003
http://www.potterpoetry.tripod.com: photography and poetry, website deleted due to inactivity, 2001
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