LISL'S VISION STATEMENT
ART — IDEAS — ACTION

I AM INSPIRED BY DIVERSITY AND COMPLEXITY, AND AM DEVOTED
TO A MULTICULTURAL VISION OF BEAUTY. I LOVE HELPING
OTHERS CLARIFY THEIR VISION AND MISSION IN OUR COMPLEX
WORLD THROUGH CREATIVITY AND PERSONAL STORYTELLING.

LISL DENNIS' WORLDWIDE CAREER AS A TRAVEL AND DECORATIVE ARTS PHOTOGRAPHER, TRAVEL WRITER AND INTERNATIONAL TOUR LEADER, HAS GARNERED A RICH-SPECTRUM OF IMAGES, IMPRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES FROM A DIVERSITY OF CULTURES.

CURRENTLY, LISL DENNIS IS PRESENTING STORYSHARDS: RE-FORM THE VESSEL OF YOUR LIFE. THE INSPIRATIONAL, MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS HER STORIES AND
IMAGERY OF PILGRIMAGES AND CEREMONIES FROM A DIVERSITY OF CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. KNOWN FOR HER GRAPHIC, COLOR-INTENSIVE STYLE IN THE FIELDS OF TRAVEL AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS, LISL WAS A STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ON
THE BOSTON GLOBE FROM 1968 TO 1970. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE BECAME A WRITER, LECTURER, TV HOST, EDUCATOR, TOUR LEADER, AND COUNCIL-CIRLE FACILATATOR.

AS TRAVEL EDITOR FOR OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHER
MAGAZINE, SHE WROTE THE TRAVELER’S EYE COLUMN
EXPLORING THE CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE CREATIVE EXPERIENCE IN FOREIGN PLACES.

LISL’S TELEVISION APPEARANCES INCLUDE HOSTING ESPN’S CANON PHOTO SAFARIS IN BRAZIL, CANADA, AND CENTRAL AMERICA, AS WELL AS HOSTING AN 18-CITY SATELLITE MEDIA TOUR FOR CANON VIDEO. SHE HAS BEEN A GUEST ON CNN’S TRAVEL GUIDE AND THE CHRISTOPHER LOWELL SHOW. LISL CONDUCTED CREATIVE VISUALIZATION SEMINARS FOR THE YOUNG PRESIDENTS ORGANIZATION (YPO) IN MOROCCO.

SPONSORED BY CANON AND KODAK, LISL PRESENTED
VISUAL JOURNEYS:CREATIVITY & ADVENTURE IN TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY, A NATIONWIDE SEMINAR SERIES.
SHE FOUNDED AND TAUGHT FOR TWENTY-YEARS, THE
TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP IN SANTA FE. AN EXPERIENCED PRESENTER, LISL HAS ALSO LECTURED OR CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS FOR: NEW YORK SCHOOL OF
VISUAL ARTS; PHOTO EXPO; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAVEL WRITERS; REGIONAL ASMP CHAPTERS;VAIL VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL; NORTH AMERICAN NATURE
PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION; NEW ENGLAND CAMERA
CLUB COUNCIL; THE COUPEVILLE ARTS CENTER,
WHIDBY, WA; AND THE SANTA FE WORKSHOPS, WHERE SHE
WILL PRESENT STORYSHARDS IN APRIL 2011.

MAGAZINE CREDITS INCLUDE:
TRAVEL & LEISURE; HOUSE BEAUTIFUL; ISLANDS; EBONY; ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST; AND TOWN & COUNTRY.
THE THIRTEEN BOOK TITLES TO LISL'S CREDIT ON THE SUBJECTS OF LIFESTYLE, THE DECORATIVE ARTS, AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDE:

LIVING IN MOROCCO THAMES & HUDSON, LONDON
SOAP FOR BODY & SOUL STEWART, TABORI & CHANG, NYC
TILES – LIVING WITH CERAMIC TILE CLAKSON N. POTTER, NYC
THE ESSENTIAL IMAGE AMPHOTO, NYC
SANTA FE & TAOS – BEHIND ADOBE WALLS
CHRONICLE BOOKS, SAN FRANCISCO
TRAVELER’S EYE CLARKSON N. POTTER, NYC
MARTHA'S VINEYARD – HOUSES & GARDENS
SCHIFFER PUBLISHING, PA

AN OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, LISL HAS PILGRIMAGE-TREKKED
IN THE HIMALAYA TO: HOLY MT. KAILAS; TO EVEREST’S KANCHUNG BASE CAMP IN TIBET; AND SOLO TREKKED IN BHUTAN. IN SUMMER, SHE HIKES AND BIKES; IN WINTER, LISL IS AN AVID POWDER SKIER.

A SANGHA MEMBER OF THE UPAYA ZEN CENTER IN SANTA FE, LISL HAS PARTICIPATED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF RETREATS.

WITH HER HUSBAND LANDT DENNIS, A WRITER, LISL LEADS TOURS TO INDIA AND MOROCCO. WWW.VISUALJOURNEYS.INFO

WITH FORTY-YEARS EXPERIENCE GUIDING AND TEACHING
THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN THE FLUX OF FOREIGN CULTURES, LISL DENNIS BRINGS HER STORIES AND IMAGERY; HER WIT
AND WISDOM; AND HER FACILITATION SKILLS FORWARD IN
STORYSHARDS — REFORM THE VESSEL OF YOUR LIFE.

YOUR STORY: BREATHE THROUGH IT AND LET IT GO!
— LISL DENNIS

LISL'S PRESENCE AS A GUIDE IS POWERFUL: SHE ACHIEVES
THIS THROUGH HER EVOCATIVE WORDS AND PICTURES
AS A BACKDROP AND COMPELLING PATHWAY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S HER ABILITY TO SUGGEST, THEN
BE WITH EACH OF US, AND THE GROUP AS A WHOLE, IN A
VIBRANT CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE MOMENT
— CHASE AULT