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Love letter to Life 06.20.2026 Lightness of Being

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Summer Solstice is here and with it a desire to grab a beach chair and my bathing suit. Alas, I live in the high desert far from the ocean. However I can experience a Lightness of Being in the beauty surrounding me and ultimately within me. The energy of summer helps me release any “weight” blocking me from the Lightness of Being. Be gone fear and worries. It’s a beach day! Today that means going to the studio and planting my toes in the waves of creativity and lunching with a friend. Happy Solstice, Everyone!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Acrylic Ink on Mineral Paper 05.26.2026

Love Letter to Life 06.12.2026 G P S

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Like the wizardry of my smartphone and car’s navigational system, I have a GPS working within me navigating my thoughts and actions so I may be in the right place, at the right time, with the right people. Yesterday I was walking on SFCC campus and ended up at the opening of the “Un-Housed” Exhibit in the Dean’s Gallery. I talked with artists and listened to a presentation that moved me deeply while standing amongst beautiful art. I knew my GPS was working: God’s Positioning System.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Collage 05.12.2026

Love Letter to Life 05.27.2026 Thanks

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Thank you for the outpouring of positive vibes and birthday wishes. Yesterday, I said good-bye to Flow, my chemo port, as it was successfully removed. Oncology check-up will be every six months. My body is healthy and resilient. A miracle. Maybe I will get a tattoo written in beautiful script over the scar: FLOW!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

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Love Letter to Life 05.26.2026 Port Removal

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Chemo port in my chest gets surgically removed today at 1:30MST. I am a little nervous. Please keep me in your positive thoughts.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Acrylic and Alcohol Ink on Yupo Paper

Love Letter to Life 05.23.2026 Baby Me

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, After 73 revolutions around the sun, I still enjoy seeing this photo of baby me! Blessed with a joyful Spirit and amazing Life Force, I am still here, filled with gratitude and wonder. Thank you Life and everyone. You Rock My World With Love!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 05.22.2026 Final Day of 72

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I reflect on the past year as I approach my birthday. This inventory helps me to honor all aspects of my life and prepare for the upcoming year. I am a Spring Baby, a Gemini, an artist, a miracle who has lived beyond a few expiration dates.
I am full of gratitude.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Campus Studio

Love Letter to Life 05.19 2026 Preparing

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I am preparing the studio for new work. Walls are clear except for my Vision Wall where I enjoy adding images and words that inspire and uplift me. I am collecting pollen and petals from flowers for making natural pigments and paper this June and July. The doors of my Soul are open to new experiences of collaboration, creativity, nature, and play.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Collage 05.05.2026

Love Letter to Life 05.18.2026 Adjustments

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, This morning I considered the spiritual chiropractic adjustments that happen within me. I stop and center myself in the moment. I breathe in energy and breathe out blockages. Rejuvenating and releasing, repeating this consciously and unconsciously throughout the day. The Body gives itself chiropractic adjustments. This clears the Mind and allows Spirit to guide me. Like the rivers flowing from the mountaintops to the sea, I flow in the currents of my Life Force.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Acrylic Ink, Watercolor and Salt on Mineral Paper 05.04.2026

Love Letter to Life 05.16.2026 Tidal Pools

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Childhood summers were spent playing outdoors and in tidal pools along the shore. At a pre-verbal age, kneeling in a tidal pool with my diaper heavy with saltwater and my bare back tan and warm, I felt: I am the sand, I am the ocean, I am the air, I am the sun, I am the light. This deep “knowing” has served me throughout my life, including the cancer journey, by reminding me, I am safe. I can access this meaning-making moment of being at peace at anytime because it is timeless, living within me. The sun shines on desert sand just as it sparkles on tidal pools, reflecting light. We are one.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Acrylic Ink & Watercolor Crayon on Mineral Paper