Dear Life, While attending the School of Visual Arts in 1982, I did a series of self-portraits, this one being a favorite. Today, in Suleika Jouad’s The Isolation Journals, a prompt was given: “Without thinking, draw a self-portrait”. I am still in bed so pulled up this image but will make a drawing after I roll into the day and studio. This painting reminds me of who I am: able to live each day with inner strength, love, vulnerability, creativity, and guidance… with a little (lot of) help from my friends. Thank you to all the “communities” in my life.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Self-Portrait Acrylic Painting 1982