To me, Jack Kerouac is a writer, a rebel and a blue centerlight.

His poems and words have always inspired me throughout life, including my jewelry designs.

One of my favorite Kerouac quotes is from On the Road. It goes something like this:

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'"