The Birth of Alternative Arts Academy

by Jill Semonin Ph.D.- C.M.H.

Taking cosmetology classes in high school had more benefits than I ever imagined. Talk about thorough -we had 1500 hrs of classroom time. It wasn't all about hair either, it was about skin anatomy, disorders and diseases of the skin, sanitation and sterilization, it was quite frightening to find out everything we had to learn. Little did I know how much all this would come in handy later. So glad I stuck it out I have been a licensed Cosmetologist since 1984.

I opened Permanent Beauty, Inc. in 1993 as a Permanent Cosmetic Corporation after taking a class from a company called Lasting Lines of Dallas Texas. During this time, I owned a beauty salon, but was unable to continue, due to allergic reaction to chemicals in the salon environment. So I decided to open Permanent Beauty, Inc. with intention of doing Permanent Make-up. However; during this time, Ohio laws came into effect and it made no difference in cost to use the license for more than just cosmetic tattooing. Since all my friends wanted more than cosmetics, and I was constantly turning down more work, I decided to travel to Alabama, where my best friend's husband was a well known tattoo artist. (I guess I was lucky that I had connections). His shop was called Buzzard and Son's. Buzzard (Charles) then taught me all requirements of tattooing and body piercing. Adding these were not hard at all,  just a bonus because the license covered it all.

My college education background: The University of Metaphysical Sciences, I earned a BA, MA and PhD in Philosophy of Metaphysical Sciences. I have a Practitioner Certification and am an ordained Reverend for "Spiritual Ministries". I  am a Certified Master Hypnotist and an Honors Graduate of Hypnosis Motivation Institute. As a hypnotist, I can create changes in the mind for positive change.  I am also Certified in  Past Life Regression Therapy with The American Hypnosis Association, and offer help with those who need help with smoking, weight control, fears / phobia's, self esteem, procrastination and more. Feel free to check out my hypnotherapy site Beautiful Minds Hypnotherapy.

I am finding that and using spiritual healing and/or hypnosis, can be used to significantly help others to take a more holistic natural approach to many problems. It's amazing how one can solve problems with out drugs that may have nasty side effects from un-natural science based chemicals and toxins that hurt more than help. However, this is NEVER to replace the advice of a health care physician, just added boost to promote a healthier way of life, with alternative solutions that have been proven to work.  

My Additional schooling: I graduated with honors from ITT-Technical Institute with an AAS in Electrical Engineering. I learned College Physics I & II, along with all the other great classes with in the engineering field. This was to better understand our physical world along with the paranormal. We are all made from energy called "Universal Life Force", which is invisible, but it's there. So you see, it's all connected- Science, Physics and Metaphysics are very much starting to come together and make sense. Quantum Physics is the closest that comes to explaining this type of field.

UPDATE:

I am currently enrolled as a full time student at Liberty University for Masters in Arts of Professional Counseling. I am retiring the tattooing business completely by the end of 2008. I will be referring my clients to another trusted artist in the Permanent Cosmetic field that is trained by me.

I plan on being able to utilize professional counseling with my current Hypnotherapy practice. It's always been one of my dreams, and I finally did it.

Thank you to all my previous clients with Alternative Arts Academy, I did enjoy this business and all you fine folks. I found my desire is psychology and hypnosis the hard way. It's always been a dream I thought I could not achieve and I was wrong. It's my fate to go into this field, for I was pretty much forced to make a change.

For those of you who know me well, then you already know that I was diagnosed with having ET (essential tremors) in my right arm and hand. This is not something that gets better with time, but instead gets worse. I had no choice but to change careers before it gets bad enough that I cannot do a good job. I refuse to take chances and wait till it gets to that point that I cannot keep my hand steady, so I have already made the change now to avoid any problems in the future. Right now it's not that bad, but enough that I notice it. Unfortunately, steady hands is needed in the field with any kind of tattooing. The hypnosis field is very rewarding too and steady hands are not needed.

It's time like this, that one can only say... "looks like I had no choice", I call it FATE. The good thing is, I am not upset about the change. I happen to LOVE my new career just as much as I loved doing permanent cosmetics. I feel blessed.