Dear Life, I wake to a new year, a new month, a new day, a new NOW. This is the moment I have been gifted to live. My intention for this new year is: BE EXPANSIVE. Curious about life. Creative living. Expand the reach of my Spirit through my thoughts, words, images, and actions. The world needs our love. And I hope to meet you along my journey, creating and writing love letters.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Collage 01.01.2026
Dear Life, With Holidays here, I hear, “What day is it?”, “I’m exhausted”, “The kids were os excited”, “Glad we’re through Christmas”, “Your tree and decorations are beautiful”, “My wife died in June and I am on a Spiritual Walkabout”.
Laughter, tears, smiles, bedhead hair, meals consumed and dishwashers running. Rinse and repeat. I am grateful for all of it, alive, upright when I’m not flat out resting, feeling connected to the Spirit that shines through all of it. It is Sunday. Enjoy!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Watercolor and Acryic on Paper 12.13.2025
Dear Life, This shortest day of the year begins the season of Winter. Each day there will be a few more minutes of light. I live my life a day at a time and in the moment as best I can. With each new season, I reflect and reset my intentions. The 90-day outlook is manageable, respecting the needs and wisdom of my body. Cancer has taught me many lessons, this being one of the most important.
I wish you all a Happy Solstice and may there be light on your path.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Acrylic and Ink on Paper 12.17.2025
Dear Life “This is a great PetScan” the oncologist said, later adding, “The kind of lymphoma you have is very tricky. It can hide out in your body.” I know this, but today, we can celebrate excellent health.
I thanked Dr Herbert for working with me since 2022, after two years of “big guns” chemo and Stem Cell Replacement did not work. He said, “You are a brave and unusual person who has asked for what you needed. Not every patient can do this.”
My message is: Please be your own best health advocate. Your medical team wants this even though it can be uncomfortable. Doctors are not gods. But they want miracles, too.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Acrylic Painting 11.20.2025
Dear Life, Between every medical test, diagnosis, treatment, outcome, there is waiting and living. And creating. I am grateful to be an artist, a sentient being, living and creating. My daily affirmation is: I am a channel of love, light, creativity and life. There is a greater, higher power moving within me and all around me, giving me strength and comfort.
Tomorrow at 8:15am, bloodwork and PetScan reports will be discussed with oncologist. Thank you all for being with me.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Miniature Painting in Watercolor and Acrylic 12.11.2025
Dear Life, I moved my SFCC campus studio. The studio has a large window overlooking a courtyard. Feels good to get there, sit down, and be in the moment. This is the joy of creating, drawing, painting, writing, imaging.
Tuesday, 12.16 at 6:30am, I get the IV chemicals and go into the “tube” for a PetScan. Please keep me in your positive thoughts. Thank You.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
New Campus Studio 12.12.2025
Dear Life, Recent bloodwork showed reasons for alarm so I will have a PetScan, Tuesday, 6:30am and see oncologist Thursday to go over the results and more bloodwork. Yesterday I felt angry and afraid. What does this mean for me today? How can I maintain some tranquility with this troubling appearance? I breathe, pause and pray, remembering the love and support I need are here for me, in this moment, and moving forward. Joy is present within me. Be in it and trust the Spirit of Light.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Collage 12.11.2025
Dear Life, In the final days of Contemporary Figurative Painting class, I put my brush into black and white paint. This, and three other portraits, completed the Inside-Out Project with a stroke of genius I do not call my own. I went into that “zone” that resides within every artist, and outside their comfort zone. The creative process has a way of surprising, again and again. Let’s face it, art is a mysterious thing.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Black and White Acrylic Painting 12″ x 9″
Dear Life, Hung twenty pieces of my current work for a critique: paintings, collages, drawings, and transfers. The Inside-Out project speaks to the cancer journey I have been on for five years. My paintings inspired by Chagall’s Daphnis and Chloe lithographs, reflect my romantic Spirit, rising up as I experience better health. The work demonstrates the breadth, depth, and range of my creative abilities. I have processed a lot of feelings in the past 3 months. Thank you for being with me.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
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