January 1, 2023: Love in Action / Rerun from January 1, 2007: Girl with Mask

Grateful for the calendar art work of Nikki McClure, which has accompanied me through many years, keeping my sense of hope and wonder alive.

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Girl with Mask (1983), by am

January 1, 2007

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Love to all, near and far, in 2023 and always.

"... people themselves, in the face of utter hopelessness, have kept hope alive ..."

"... Through this adaptation of 'Blowin' in the Wind' I hope to reach out in grief and solidarity and with love and concern, to my fellow Indian citizens in particular, at this horribly tragic time in the history of our land, during which people themselves, in the face of utter hopelessness, have kept hope alive."

(Misha Maitreyi)

Sending love to blog friends far and wide, keeping hope alive.

Witnessing hope as a lived experience rather than simply a theory

A Birth and a Return and Picasso in November

Every Saturday morning at 7 a.m., I meet with friends for breakfast at a nearby restaurant. Today there was especially good news from three of the youngest. One announced the birth of his first child, a son. The other talked about a celebration the night before of the return of one of his friends from Afghanistan. Another spoke of his teenaged son's long-anticipated visit to the Picasso exhibit in Seattle. There was much talk of love and hope and gratitude from these young men in the midst of the many sorrows of our times.

Calendar Series: 66th Month / Talking About Hope Born from Hopelessness (1990)

My painting records show that there was a "calendar" titled "64th Month / The Night Before the Wedding of Memory and Destination" from 1990, but I can't find a painting to match that title. The painting after that, "65th Month / Meeting Place," was a small painting, created as a birth gift for the baby daughter of some friends of mine. Without remembering to photograph the painting, I had it framed and gave it to my friends.

The colors aren't quite right for today's image. The true colors were more subtle.

(Corrections via my sister -- She has the 67th Month. For the last few days, my month-numbering was wrong and is now corrected)