Muse, Gypsy, Forever Romantic...
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Once upon a time there was a little girl in a small town in Jutland, Denmark, named Lone. To her family's regret she felt the pull of the world so strongly that once she was tall and courageous enough, she set out to explore and exploit like a true Viking.....this led her to many far-flung places, down succulent and dire detours and up steep mountains, but Lone never lost sight of her dreams...
Okay, okay, we shall not bore you with Lone's entire life story, but stick to the short and sweet and rather formal version:
Danish of origin but gypsy by spirit, Lone Mørch (Lona Moerk) has been calling the Bay Area home for the past 10 years. With a deep curiosity about people, places, the stories we tell, and how we change, Lone has explored both inner and outer worlds. Amidst climbing mountains and playing Robinson Cruso on stamp-sized islands off of Sumatra’s coast, Lone has worked in development projects in Nepal, created learning opportunities for Scandinavian students in San Francisco, produced documentary portraits and more, before she found the courage to pursue a more artistic career in writing and photography.
In 2004 Lone established Lolo’s Boudoir, a creative space for women’s self-discovery and -expression. Focusing on the magical intersection between art, play and transformation, Lone uses photography, storytelling and coaching to inspire people to see and be who they really are and live more liberated, succulent lives. Her fine art photography has been featured in magazines and newspapers in USA and Denmark, and exhibited in San Francisco, at City Hall, the Castro Theatre, Hotel des Arts, Mina Dresden Gallery and the international Supperclub. During the summer of 2008 big posters of her photography were shown at the town square of Vevey in Switzerland.
Lone's photos have also been used as book covers (Hot Flashes, Sexy Little Stories & Poems, Leftcoastwriters Anthology) and shown in various magazines, such as La Bella Bride, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine on Vampire Tours in San Francisco,and the like.
As a writer, Lone published her first article in 1996 about her relationship with her housekeeper in a Nepalese village. Since, her work has been published in Danish, Nepalese and American magazines, newspapers and blogs, such as Magical Blend, SF Chronicle Magazine and the Huffington Post. In 2002 Lone won the Tannembaum literary award for the first five chapters of her memoir, Accidental Pilgrim by the San Francisco Foundation. The same year she won Honorary Mention by Writers Digest for her essay, “Hitched by Elvis” and in 2007 the Silver Solas Award by Travelers Tales for her family story “Thank God for the War” about a reunion in Transylvania.
She is currently finishing her memoir, Accidental Pilgrimage, and a beautiful coffee table book of women’ stories and photography.
When not photographing, writing and developing new projects, Lone can be found howling at the moon, hiking the trails around San Francisco with her faithful Chihuahua, getting groovy on the dance floor, reading, conversing with inspiring people, sniffing the fragrant flowers, cooking up a storm with friends and exploring distant parts of this wondrous world.