My interview of Jane Seymour: A creative dream unfolding

Last year, while I served as a staff reporter/columnist (specializing in real estate) for the Scottsdale Times and North Scottsdale Times, I heard from my friend Katherine that Jane Seymour would be exhibiting her artwork at some local galleries. Simic Galleries, I believe, who also shared rights to exhibit Seymour s work at affiliated galleries in Monterrey , California .

Jane had earned acclaim as a dynamic actress in numerous memorable films and television series including Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeves, the series Heart of Healing featuring Bill Moyers, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and the comedy Wedding Crashers. So I was curious to see how her creative energies express themselves in her work.

Seymour s works moved me, each had a distinctive energy, exuding an unmistakable depth and simplicity. I couldnt help but ask her for an interview. I politely approached myself to her publicist and then introduced myself to her. She agreed, and a week or so later, I conducted an interview.

The range of topics we covered in such a brief time, Janes life and work, during the interview, was too vast and a brief paragraph about Janes appearance in the Times and would not do it justice. I found Jane to be warm and personable, her courage and perseverance through adversity admirable, and I was especially impressed by the breadth of her creative accomplishments, as an actress, artist, designerwho gives back to humanitarian causes whenever she can.

When I presented the transcript to my venerable mentor Stan Krippner, he stated he would present it to the Dream Network where he served an advisorial role on the board. This journal wrote informally about anything and everything having to do with dreams and their applications.

Although the interview did not directly relate to Seymours dream life, she did have some anomalous dreamlike experiences during her surgery in which she found herself hovering over her body in a so-called near death experience (NDE) and for this reason her experiences would be relevant to the readers of the magazine. I am pleased with the interview and hope it provides you insight into a highly accomplished and creative actress with a deep appreciation for life. Please click on the link to view and download her interview.

In a future interview with Seymour I would like to explore the impact of Seymour’s dream life on her creative process as an actress and artist. Seymour has been interviewed many times but I have not yet seen any interview focusing on this aspect.