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Love Letter to Life 01.07.2025 Energy Portrait

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Returned to my Santa Fe Community College campus. All is quiet except for a few staff and custodians. Classes begin January 21st but I have access to studio and facilities. I sat and enjoyed my space and work. Good to be there. I walked a few loops throughout the indoor corridors. Baby, it’s cold outside so I’m grateful for the warmth within me, my home, and the college. I did my first “Energy Portrait” of 2025. Hello.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Energy Portrait Graphite on Paper 1.06.25

Love Letter to Life 01.03.2025 (MANIFEST)O

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Here is my (MANIFEST)O

Listen and Hear // Look and See // Feel and Perceive // Witness and Reflect // Follow Intuition // Focus, Structure and Community // Participate // Live in Creative Currency // We Each Have A Unique Creative Voice Beyond Measure // Use It
Pamela Markoya (c) 2025.

Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Desktop Collage 01.03.2025

Love Letter to Life 01.02.2025 Vision Boards

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, The New Year calls me to review and create new Vision Boards. The one you see here is from 2022 and was 4′ x 6′ on a wall in my former studio. I’ve started to collect images for the upcoming year. This is a shout out: Do you have visual magazines I could use for my vision boards and collages? Private message or call me. We can set-up a hand-off or mailing. Thank you!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Vision Board 2022

Love Letter to Life 12.28.2024 Unraveling A Mystery

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Life is mysterious, the comings and goings of daily life happening while another “reality” plays within me. I am deeply moved by a “beaming face” in my dream that inspires me to awake with joy and gratitude. The flickering of candlelight and a familiar song plays lifting my spirit while I unwrap a gift, “Love Poems From God”. That’s spot-on in my wheelhouse where books and art are my companions. Thank you for the gifts of mystery and meaning-making moments.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Collage 12.28.2024

Love Letter to Life 10.24.2024 Heart Ones

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, On Tuesday, we had a most fulfilling day driving the High Road to introduce my daughter to dear friends. My heart is fill with joy to see their smiles and delight in our conversations. Today Tracy and I are taking a road trip to Jemez Springs to sit in the healing mineral pools. The landscape is dotted with historical sites and ruins, geographical outcroppings, mountains, mesas, meadows, and streams. Another world and a new adventure awaits.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.16.2024 Daughter In-Flight

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, My daughter, Tracy, arrives tonight for a 10-day visit. Woke early with excitement. Plans with friends are being made plus a road trip to Jemez Hot Springs. I released Tracy for adoption in 1968. When she turned 18, I began a search for her that went on for thirty years. On 1.14.2020, she contacted me through Ancestry.com, the same day, I had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Large B-Cell Lymphoma. I was given the gift of hope and love beyond measure. A miracle happened that day and continues each day. Don’t quit before the miracle!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.13.2024 Enjoying Friends

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I am grateful to share my life with beautiful friends: a road trip on Thursday and Saturday, my first lunch/card party in new home serving a Greek Feast. Today I will drive to Galisteo for the Artist Studio Tour and visit friends. I lived in the village 1999-2009 and remain close to artists still living there. As I write this, I am eating toast with Marscarpone cheese and french Strawberry Jam. Heaven. Life is good.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.11.2024 Dwan Light Sanctuary

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, An hour drive east of Santa Fe, the Dwan Light Sanctuary offers a place of serenity and beauty on the campus of United World College, Montezuma, NM. A friend and I drove there yesterday after a delightful lunch in Las Vegas, NM. Sometimes, playing “hookie” mid-week is just what we need! My dear friend and mentor, Virginia Dwan, was the visionary and donor of the sanctuary. I remember it being conceptualized and actualized, a wonderful gift to the community. Play “hookie” on sunny day and be bathed in the prisms of healing light.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.10.2024 Storm Series

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Waking with the sun. Thinking of my older brother In St. Petersburg; no power or water but house not damaged. Many branches down. Transformer exploded last night. Hurricane Milton on a path of destruction. Climate change. Changing the planet, weather systems, and lives. My loving thoughts go out to all those touched by the “storms” of weather, cancer, and life. May they find peace and support in their time of need.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose