Dear Life, I worked with Virginia Dwan, the legendary art dealer and visionary, on her personal project documenting graves in military cemeteries throughout the United States: Flowers, 100 photographs on 144 pages in a foldout book. The only text is Pete Seeger’s question, “Where have all the flowers gone?”
Today I honor Virginia and all who rest in peace.
Your Truly, Pamela Rose
Dear Life, “Keep your head up, shoulders back, and lipstick on”. A wise woman told me this long ago. And I add, keep a pretty dress ready. You never know what’s gonna shake out from above.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Collage and Paint 11.01.2025
Dear Life, What are the connections in my life? Past and Present? Am I living a purposeful and meaningful life?
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
PS Get Out and Vote
Collage and Paint 11.1.2025
Dear Life, I read inspirational writings in the morning to remind my thoughts of a greater intelligence: Spirit. This helps me be conscious of my words and actions throughout the day. Like all humans, I have a dark thread that can get tangled up in negativity. When this happens, I pause, discover the cause, and discard the thoughts. It helps to have some humor. When something says BOO in the dark, my light shines and says I AM BIGGER THAN YOU!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Collage 10.20.2025
Dear Life, I showed my studio and work to an artist friend yesterday, saying, “The project, INSIDE-OUT, is scary and brave”. Making transfers of my x-rays onto canvas, painting, drawing and collaging images that represent my body; it is certainly a different wheelhouse for me. Only now, a year out from 4 years of cancer treatments, can I begin to process this. Thankfully I can.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Collage and Painting 10.28.2025
Dear Life, Sometimes we have to look closer to see something, visually and emotionally. I used tracing paper to draw the muscular system of the face. Then painted a facial abstraction and placed it under the tracing. My project INSIDE-OUT continues to explore my body and the narrative, living and healing from the inside out. Each day I discover something new. There are a lot of muscular highways in my head!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Drawing and Painting 18″x24″ 10.23.25
Dear Life, In 2021, after 6 months of chemo, a cancer biopsy was done between my heart and lung. The doctor had difficulty and said, “I will try one more time. I don’t want to hit your heart because it will bleed out. But if I hit the lung, we can repair and inflate it”. The third attempt was successful. No bleeding and lungs breathing. The biopsy confirmed Lymphoma cells had spread. More chemotherapy, stem cell replacement, clinical trial, more chemo. Today I am healthy, heart beating, still breathing, living gratefully a day at a time.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Heart Painting 24″x’18” 10.17.25
Dear Life, My art and spiritual practices help message “Keep Going”. This is especially true when “Life gets lifey”. We all need strength when the road feels bumpy. For weeks, my interior life has been percolating. What changes are coming? I change from the inside-out. I am working on my project, Inside-Out. Keep going and see where it leads. I hope this helps anyone who is percolating. We are not alone.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Collage 10.15.2025
Dear Life, I am blessed to be an artist with a unique creative voice. (PS we each have a unique voice) Sometimes I scratch my head, wondering what to express. When this happens, I have experience in the practice of making art that tells me, “get out of your head, drop into your heart and move your hand”. Yesterday I tore up brown paper and collaged it onto newsprint. I will follow this energy today. Be In My Heart. Ah, Dear Life!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Collage 10.14.2025
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