Linda Barclay:  

Life Linda Jean May; Lin May; Lin Doherty; now SHINAN N. BARCLAY Tile Maker, Ceramic Artist & Author Linda May, now Shinan Barclay shaped her first clay pot at nine, while working on the "Dabbler" badge in Girl Scouts. Born with art in her veins, Shinan's parents met at the Chicago Art Institute. Her father became art director of Holiday Magazine. While her paternal uncle, Rollo May was a world renowned psychologist and author of Love and Will, The Courage to Create, and My Quest for Beauty. At nineteen, Shinan became a missionary teacher in an Arctic Inuit village. Shinan says, "People say I have a gift for ceramics. Recognizing the spirit in clay is a gift that the Inuits gave me. I listen to the clay. Sometimes I shape the clay, mostly, the clay shapes me." For nine years Shinan lived in San Diego, wrote reviews for the Museum of Modern Art and completed her Masters degree. Then she moved to Sedona, founded the Storytellers guild and wrote ar...Expand for more