"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