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Beauty Offered Every Single Day

November 3, 2012 by Jeane George Weigel

I swear that dog appreciates beauty. Perhaps this comes from his previous life, neglected and chained up, nearly starved to death. And I’ve made a vow to myself. I’m taking a lesson from Finn…

Credit Where Credit is Due

October 25, 2012 by Jeane George Weigel

Here is my Tobey (named for Mark Tobey, a celebrated NW painter) helping me out with the blog. He’s nothing if not helpful and I just didn’t want his efforts to go unrecognized.

I am Jeane George Weigel, a working artist living in the mountains of northern New Mexico, and I do not think you and I are so different.

Every single one of us longs to know what we ache for, to “follow our bliss” as Joseph Campbell famously put it. You may find yours as an artist, a writer, or a teacher. But I am convinced we all yearn to live what is in our hearts. Some of us spend a lifetime discovering what that is. Some never find it.

This blog is about a journey of self-discovery, yours and mine. I write about the experience of living an artist’s life and share musings and photos as this living experiment unfolds. It is my hope you’ll join in the conversation by writing to me about your lives and I dearly hope something, here, will inspire you.