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Travelogue: Artistic inspiration in Santa Fe

11/17/2022

I have just returned from spending a week in Santa Fe, New Mexico with my best artist buddy, Bridget Benton Carwyn.

Traveling is always an inspiration, but it is especially so when it is with another artist in an "art town" like Santa Fe.

Me an Bri at Bandelier

It seems fitting that this being Native American Heritage Month, I found myself immersed in an area of the country that is saturated with, if not authentically Southwest Native American culture, then at least the culturally appropriated version of it.

From the adobe-style buildings, to the textiles, to the silver and turquoise jewelry, regional Native American peoples have created the basis of the “Southwest” style.

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Travelogue: The Artist Goes to Portugal and Spain

10/10/2022

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For those who love traveling, it can be a tremendously invigorating and inspiring experience.

Why? Because it takes you out of your normal life and, in a certain way, changes who you are. It sort of rearranges your alchemic make up. When you come back, at least for a while, everything looks different.

My husband and I went on a very long trip through parts of Portugal and Spain. People traveling together want different experiences, they seek different things out, and have unique impressions of what they see. So, I and my husband can see the same thing, but experience it differently.

Likewise, aspects of our personalities can experience things differently, as if there were multiple people inside of us who have their own desires and reactions.

How does this work? Lisbon, Portugal

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Travelogue: Artistic inspiration in Santa Fe

Travelogue: The Artist Goes to Portugal and Spain

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