WORD PAINTINGS #73 – FIVE FINGER EXERCISES
6 October 2019 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico SMALL PAINTINGS 2020 Coming back to life is a slow process. Have not been able to paint very much this year. Likening this time to what a ballerina must feel like after breaking a toe – all the muscle memory must be brought back to life before […]
WORD PAINTINGS #72 – SEEING DINOSAURS
Las Nubes de Truchas (The Clouds of Truchas) As soon as there is stopping, there is happiness. There is peace. When we stop like that, it looks as if nothing is happening, but in fact everything is happening. You are deeply established in the present moment, and you touch your cosmic body. You touch […]
WORD PAINTINGS #71 – INTO THE DREAM
Making Room “Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall […]
WORD PAINTINGS #70 – DANCING WITH MY EASEL
Llano Quemado, New Mexico – 8/16/19 – My synapses are firing again!!! It has been such a long time since I felt connected to my easel. It is almost human – stares at me accusingly if I am not working, laughs at my avoidance routines, makes me feel guilty for taking a nap when I […]
WORD PAINTINGS #69 – HEAVEN, I’M IN HEAVEN!
Llano Quemado, New Mexico 8/11/2019 – Moved into this new studio/home exactly three weeks ago. Most of the moving boxes are gone – now it is down to sorting and putting things where they belong. Windows everywhere – 360 deg. views – monsoon clouds and spectacular sunsets. Last night hellacious thunder and lightning. Three easels […]
WORD PAINTINGS #68 – THE SHAMAN’S BLESSING
9 August 2019 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico…..Back in the day I had close connections in El Paso. And today I am thinking of the people who live there. Some of my best days were spent selling paintings, having lunch at Juliio’s in Juarez, grocery shopping at the Pronaf – making new friends on both […]
WORD PAINTINGS #67 – A BLANK PAGE IN MY BOOK OF LIFE
30 July 2019 – Llano Quemado, N.M. How do you eat an elephant? …..one bite at a time! Heard this expression years ago. It is so good to be reminded that whenever Life comes at me in big, unmanageable chunks, I need to stop whatever I thought needed to be done immediately and just sit […]
WORD PAINTINGS #66 – FIFTY-TWO MONSOONS
Llano Quemado, N.M. – 27 July 2019 – This year’s monsoon season seems to be happening all around me, only one brief storm Thursday afternoon. No reason for complaint – have lived in this new studio for about ten days. Surrounded by mountains, I sit on an old railroad bench under the portal and watch […]
WORD PAINTINGS # 65 – LEAVING SANTISTEVAN LANE
Taos, New Mezico – Sunday morning, 14 July 2019. Have tried not to think too much about my departure from this place – this move was not planned – it was harsh and sudden. Two months after my surgery, I was basically evicted. AAAArgh! Santistevan Lane has been my home for 25 years – […]
WORD PAINTINGS #64 – LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES!
Seven days in the hospital and finally I was told I could go home. Said goodbye to all the wonderful nurses and aides on the Trauma Ward. Wheelchair to the parking lot and reintroduced to brilliant sunshine – clouds, fresh air. A friend drove the shortest route back to Taos. To my great surprise, I […]
