“Drifting off to sleep, I thought about her. How nobody is perfect. How you just have to close your eyes and breathe out and let the puzzle of the human heart be what it is.” –Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees I am being told to slow down. I’ve written in this blog […]
Archives for November 2010
The Judgment of Others
“If I can change within myself and keep learning how to change, then the world around me changes.” –Brian Flowers Brian Flowers is a fellow artist living in one of these Spanish Land Grant villages that nestle in the fingered valleys running along the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico. I quote […]
Not Really New… Not Really Mexico
My friend, Craig Scogin, is a wonderful photographer who taught photography for 26 years. He’s now retired, living in Truchas, and has published a book of photography from his first two winters in New Mexico titled, Not Really New… Not Really Mexico. Craig sat the gallery with Anna and me this season. Without his help […]
First Snow
We went from a sunny day in the 60’s yesterday to snow today! It’s SNOWING! Although it shows no signs of sticking much or hanging around, I have to admit it makes me a little nervous. It’s such an interesting thing that, although I live where we have snow all winter and this is my […]
Art For the Village
Brian Flowers, a painter/sculptor living in Ojo Sarco, one village up from Truchas, had an opening at Hand Artes Gallery here in Truchas the other night. I don’t know how many of you have lived in small towns before but the very fact of their size makes the experience of living in one intimate. We […]
Disparate Pieces
dis.pa.rateAdjective: Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.Noun: Things so unalike that there is no basis for comparison. When stating what he most loves about being a gallerist and, really, about life itself, Bill Franke, owner of Hand Artes Gallery in Truchas, says that it is bringing disparate art forms, people and philosophies, together and […]
Honoring Traditions
My friend, Sheila O’Malley, is a working artist living in Taos, which is an hour’s drive from Truchas. While she does much of her work plain air in the New Mexico landscape (and sometimes on my land as in these outdoor photos), she also has a wonderful studio in Taos. Sheila admires the work of […]