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Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash yesterday. My prayers go out to the entire family for the grief they are no doubt experiencing, and this event is also an opportunity to discuss something our culture avoids at every turn. Death is sensationalized in our popular media and …
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The two new Santos and Signs—Holy Intermediaries for Sacred Journeys divination decks are modern prayer cards for all your pilgrimages of the soul. Whether your quests are within or without, these portable icons offer divine guidance for all of your voyages between the worlds. This new online course is a perfect introduction to working with the decks …
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A couple of years ago, I was fortunate to attend a tour through the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum with a geologist who took us to many of the locations that she painted in Abiquiu, NM. On the bus ride towards her holy land, the geologist mentioned that Ansel Adams had taken his most famous photograph, Moonrise …
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How does it get any better than this, brilliant beaming New Mexico skies, ravens chattering away, and the absolute perfection of the imperfection in the Ojo Caliente cemetery? This is my third blog post on New Mexico cemeteries, and there were a few new finds today, including multiple Mother Mary forms cemented into the hand-made headstones …
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Life is so grand. Day one of the Great American Eclipse road trip to Trinity Hot Springs started off with a bang. Headed out at 5am to beat the Mojave Desert heat and spent the morning #Luciagraffiti stickering and photographing the abandoned porn Rock-A-Hula waterpark between Barstow and Las Vegas, NV. 1980s theme park covered in …
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These are two different jaunts exploring the abandoned buildings, homes, and school along Route 66 in the Mojave Desert. My adventure buddy Daniel is always up for exploring some decaying places. So fun.
I have found creative processes have their cycles. At certain times I have been enthralled with collage, or watercolors, or monotype printing, or Photo Booth pictures, or mixed-media sculptures, sometimes bouncing between multiple materials at the same time. And then there are the ones that completely take you over and you only do those for …
What: A fun and experimental self-paced online course teaching you how to produce unique digital media with some of the easiest and most innovative apps on the market. Where: In the comfort of your own world through the screens of your devices. When: On your own schedule through the workshop platform. Who: This series is …
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