LA born native of the desert city by the Pacific.  News stands, rollerblades, and boardwalks. Emigré of east coast minor seminary.  Post university exile years in Madrid.   Student of old Spanish masters.  Perennial tourist in the musées of Paris, churches of Rome, and coastlines of the Mediterranean.  Denizen of movie palaces and cinema halls.  Devotee of punk spiritualism.  Hometown streets lined with palm trees, coyotes, rolling hills, winding roads, Santa Ana winds, concrete plains, freeways, and mountain lions.