After retirement, Phyllis had the time to make art. She spent hours looking at magazines and tearing out images that somehow felt familiar to her. Without thinking about them, the images intuitively came together to form collages, which she recognized as visual stories from her life.
The next step was integrating the visual art into various pieces of memoir she had written over a period of years. She says the whole process was magical for her. She loved bringing to life snapshots of an old world that existed in her memory.
Much of Phyllis’ work has its roots in her childhood working class Jewish community in Philadelphia, PA. Other strong influences are her years of work with refugee/immigrant students, and the priceless education she received in the women’s movement.
