About Me — Jenine Bsharah Baines
Take a walk with me…
“In the end, we’re all just walking each other home.” Ram Dass
The above quote says it all for me. I could so easily make it my entire bio…Except I suspect Quy Ma expects a bit more out of me than this. (Insert smile emoji.)
Obviously, I can’t walk literally with you. But I do hope my poems and occasional essays are the best possible companions on your journey — providing encouragement, comfort, ah-hah! moments, a new way of seeing the sacred ordinary, and perhaps even a laugh.
I am a retired publicist/PR practitioner for the arts. Particularly the musical arts — classical and jazz musicians, opera singers, orchestras. I promoted what I yearned to become the first 18 years of my life.
My earliest memories are of watching my mother, an opera singer, perform onstage. I loved singing but, once I was exposed to the piano, there was no looking back. An introvert who loathed sports, I spent hours working out my fingers. I earned trophies; I was the second-best pianist in recital lineups. I dreamt of performing as a soloist onstage with orchestras around the world.
