OMC: Would you say the majority of your work is related to Milwaukee?

BM: A lot of my work is related to Milwaukee because this has been my home for the past 10 years, which is a record for me. There have been lots of opportunities to leave, but something always keeps me here. Right now, my husband and lots of amazing friends are keeping me here.

OMC: What inspires you about Milwaukee?

BM: Milwaukee is the most underrated city on the planet and very down-to-earth. About a week ago, I was visiting two gallery openings with friends, Barnstorm and Guerilla Gallery. Each was like entering a different world and the work was engaging. It was a beautiful night, and as we walked around the city and I wished my friends from NYC could see Milwaukee in that light. It's big enough to have many of the stimulating things that cities offer, but small enough that I run into people I know all over the place, which I love.

OMC: Is this a good place for a filmmaker to live?

BM: Well, yes and no. We don't have enough equipment sales and rental businesses. As far as film, we're sorely lacking in facilities. But on the plus side, Milwaukee is a small city where you can go out and shoot without a lot of red tape and hassles. Just from a visual standpoint, you have the lake, the river, downtown, warehouse districts and so many locations to choose when shooting.

OMC: Why did you decide to collaborate with Sara Daleiden?

I met Sara while shooting "Stating the Arts In Milwaukee" and just fell in love with the concept of the Traveling Wearables and all the artists that are involved in it. These are people who live their art every day. I offered to document their work because its so transitory and I thought it deserved to be recorded.

(Traveling Wearables is a series of wearable sculpture projects. Basically, group of people dress in the same color and walk around in public, spreading the message "there is a simple choice in creating links between people. As simple as what color clothes you wear today.")

OMC: What are your goals for the next five years?

BM: I'd like to finish a feature film script and makes lots of travel-related documentaries. Africa and Australia are high on my destinations list these days.

OMC: Have you lived in Milwaukee for your entire life?

BM: I was born in Brooklyn and raised both there and in New Jersey, so I got both urban and suburban experiences. I went to several East Coast schools. I came to Milwaukee originally because my first husband, Will Rockett, became Dean of the School of Fine Arts at UWM. We had been moving around a lot and came here thinking that this would be our home for a long time. Unfortunately he became very sick and died about a year after we came here, back in 1993. I thought of leaving many times but something always kept me here. Going back East just didn't seem appealing; I think I needed time to mourn alone and to figure out what to do with the rest of my life. Milwaukee is a gentle place, I was already here and it was a good place for me to take some time to heal.