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Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it. - Hunter S. ThompsonSelf-taught artist, writer, and drummer, Carol Es grew up neglected and believing she was inherently bad. Having a mentally abusive mother and an unstable family that moved around a dozen times before her ninth birthday, she'd also endured horrific sexual abuse. By age 14, she left home unnoticed, emancipated herself by 15, and from there wound up trapped in a cult for 20 years.Seduced by the celebrity that lured her into Scientology and their magic promises to fix her broken life, Carol maintained an unbreakable bond with her passions as a means of survival. She exhibited her art and played music tirelessly in bands on Sunset Boulevard and the LA circuit.
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Los Angeles writer, musician (drummer) , and self-taught artist Carol Es writes for the Huffington Post, Whitehot Magazine, and Coagula Art Journal. She's been published with Bottle of Smoke Press, Islands Fold, Chance Press, and her Artist's books are featured in the Getty Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Awarded grants from the National Arts and Disability Center and Asylum Arts for writing, she's also a two-time recipient of the Durfee Foundation's ARC Grant. Additionally, Carol is a Pollock-Krasner Fellow and won the Wynn Newhouse Award in 2015. She also won the Bruce Geller Memorial Award "WORD" grant from the American Jewish University.
