Revisiting Josephine's Mandalas: #4 of 21 / “… There’s no stranger in the land where the buffalo go …” (Raye Zaragoza)

Click HERE for more about this mandala created by my mother.

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“Mandala #54” (2020) from my Fearless and Asymmetrical Mandala Series.

Click HERE for context for the mandala and this photo of my parents in 1978.

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Continuing in chronological order is a watercolor sketch from the early 1980s from my Retrospective 1966-2008:

Click HERE for context of “A Birthday in May” (early 1980s).

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What inspired me this week:

A city bus ride to the Whatcom Museum on Friday afternoon to see a roomful of large splendid paintings by Alfredo Arreguin, none of which when photographed for that article reflect my enthusiastic experience of them.

This older photograph of his large painting honoring Caesar Chavez comes close but cannot begin to match my experience of standing in front of this painting on numerous occasions over the years.

Every time I go to Sea Mar Clinic for my healthcare visits, I stop to look at this painting of his from 1993 and am always grateful for the inspiration his art work has been.

“There are so many harsh and horrific things happening in the world. When I enter my canvas, I enter the spiritual world where there is no struggle.”

— Alfredo Arreguin (January 30, 1935 – April 24, 2023)

Here’s his “Hacia el Sol”:

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Thank you to artist Joanna Powell Colbert for bringing this song to my attention this last week on her Substack:

“… There’s no stranger in the land where the buffalo go …”

(Raye Zaragoza)

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“… Rooted in Taoist philosophy, Tai Chi is more than a movement practice; it is an embodied way of peace-making …”

— Spring Cheng

Grounding, yielding and transforming: Fighting with Grace

(Click on underlined words and unmute for short video )

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Thank you everyone for your presence and witness here. It is deeply appreciated.