I want to share a story…. A story about an incredibly mystical, nurturing home in an extraordinarily enchanted land. Esperanza. Hope. Because without Hope, where would we be? My ex and I had always had two homes. At one point there was one in Taos, when I first started painting, and a fairly large family… Continue Reading
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Twelve and a half years….
….I’ve been painting. It seems like yesterday when I had my first lesson from my best friend who worked with me at KU Med Center as a nurse, and then, she turned all artistic on me!!! I was remodeling houses at the time, and had an old plaster ceiling fall on my head, to which… Continue Reading
Fear….and releasing
I’ve been struggling. With who I am and who others think I should be (which just puts my people pleasin’ tendencies into hyperdrive!!!) Not a winning combo in my world. Perhaps I should go into more details…It’s my art. Which, I guess in a way, is who I am. I have really been feeling the… Continue Reading
Being “Chosen”
Being “chosen” to be an artist is an interesting journey. To say the least. Especially for some of us who come from very traditional backgrounds where there are no “creatives” anywhere in the family tree. Or family members and friends who are extremely creative, but choose to follow a traditional path rather than answer the… Continue Reading
Totally outside of my comfort zone
Once again, I seem to have gone missing. As many of you are aware of, I have moved (which is a story all by itself, but we all have moving horror stories now, don’t we??!), I had to make an unplanned trip to Taos to reclaim Esperanza (my home there), and have met an incredible… Continue Reading
Trust
Every year, I try to pick a word that I choose to focus to work on for the year. This year, was no exception. TRUST! Trust my intuition, trust my knowing, just trust. The last blog I wrote about was VERY raw and vulnerable. (Hope Rising) I put myself out there like I had never… Continue Reading
