Why spend your life alone in the studio, " the author asks at the beginning, "drawing what no one cares to see, thinking thoughts that no on wants to hear?" The reader of Now, Then & Beyond finds the answer on every page of this beautiful, splendid book - a voyage through life, body and spirit, captured in inspired paintings and heart-felt writing. One is drawn into the mystery of a deeply personal spiritual path and invited to share the generous "soul-scape" of a true artist. Renate Stendhal, author of Gertrude Stein in Words and Pictures Lorraine Almeida's Then, Now & Beyond records her inner discovery of powerful images which lead to a deeper understanding of the generative, healing power of the psyche. Betty Coon Wheelwright, Ph.D, MFT