taking a leap

Saying Yes. part 2

Saying Yes. part 2

Immediately roadblocks…

When Lynn Farrand, the curator of the Contemporary Museum of Art Thousand Oaks (CMATO) called me last spring 2020 to do an iteration of The Memory Project at the museum I was thrilled. Lynn was introduced to my work during the open call for Defining Beauty. My work was not accepted into the exhibition but what Lynn offered was an incredible opportunity. How could I pass this up? Yet how could I do it?

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Saying Yes. part 1

Saying Yes. part 1

I own this little piece by my artist friend Annette Lieblein

It is a collage where you can see the word yes stenciled on it. She shared with me that when she was little, she did not like being told no and so she wrote the word yes over and over on pieces of paper and strung them from her ceiling. I love this image of a small girl looking up at and being surrounded by “Yes.” Yes to life. Yes to possibility. Yes.

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