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Saturday, June 26, 2021

Land of light

"New Mexico, land of light," 5 x 7 watercolor

New
Mexico more than enchants me...it heals...the body, the mind, the soul.
After this past dark year of biologic, racist and social pandemics,  we needed more than our vaccinations. Our recent trip was good medicine in so many ways. Long a destination for healthy living, for TB cure, or the healing soil of the Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico's atmosphere has miraculous effects.
"It's the light," my father used to say, describing New Mexico. Dry air, high altitude, rugged country and vast skies all become more intense. So does color.
It's no accident that art and creativity also  thrive in New Mexico. I believe there are places of power on earth, where the connection between the now and spiritual eternity is thin, and New Mexico seems to host many of them. It's no wonder, that while there, I realized with the Creator so close, of course creativity flourishes.
We're back home...healthier physically and mentally in a long time, and after a dormant period, art begins to stir again.
Today's watercolor, New Mexico, land of light, land of color, 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico rough press paper.

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