Wednesday of our week in Taos was our "free" day. But we had an assignment. In the spirit of conceptual art we were asked to take a chance, step our of our normal way of doing things, and ride the bus. Taos is a small town. It has one main street. The "Chile Express" runs … Continue Reading
This is why I love New Mexico. A long ribbon of road, huge skies, and wide open spaces. My road trip to Taos for Sas Colby's summer workshop is a five hour drive which means I do not have to approach the airport, brave security or put my seat and tray table … Continue Reading
Hey all – I'll be headin' down the road to Taos for a week to do Sas Colby's summer workshop. I leave you with a couple of photos from last summer's visit. The land of dust, sage, crosses, sacred mountain views, magnificent afternoon thunderstorms, green chile, cottonwoods – a place that speaks … Continue Reading
This is the beginning of the walk to Okuno-in, the tomb of Kobo Daishi. The path meanders through this amazing forest, amidst 200,000 tombs of the remains of Japans most powerfuland illustrious families. It’s really hard to describe how magnificent these trees are. Tall and stately, they are sacred themselves and lend an air of … Continue Reading
This is a photo of us with our favorite monk from the Sekisho-in monastery where we stayed. He spoke no english and we no japanese, but we communicated just fine most of the time. He greeted us each day and lead the meditation service each morning. He kindly gave us a ride to the cable … Continue Reading
I am having a hard time wrapping my brain around sharing our trip to Japan in a blog format. We travelled for 2 weeks, went to 5 different locations and I took 865 pictures – edited. So I’ve decided to share some pages from my travel journal and then go a little deeper into each … Continue Reading
Hi everyone! We are back from Japan. Well my body is back, but I think it will take a few days for my mind and spirit to return fully. We had a very grand adventure, on the go everyday. Trains and subways and shinkansen (bullet train) and walking and hiking. We ate really great food … Continue Reading
I’ll be away from blogland for a while. Off to Japan with my family for an adventure in the land of the rising sun and heavenly sushi. It’s taken me a year to plan this one and we are very excited. Lots of stories to tell upon our return. I’ve got my travel journal ready … Continue Reading
Journal cover – please note that I DID NOT do this lovely cover, it’s a postcard by Doron Fishman. I love the loose watercolor style and thought it captured the spirit of the city. I’m back from spring break in San Francisco and thought I’d share photos of some of my journal pages and a … Continue Reading
I’ve had a few requests for more travel journal pages, so here ya go. In October I went to Oaxaca, Mexico with 20 other artists for Michael deMeng’s wonderful and amazing Day of the Dead – El Dia de los Muertos – workshop. He will be heading back down way south of border in October … Continue Reading