#lovelettertolife

Love Letter to Life 08.30.2026 The Creative Life

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, (We) Each one of us is creative. Creativity is an energy that moves in and through us. Whether or not we are aware of it is another thing. Since I was a child, I have had imagination and playfulness. This grew into a voice as an artist but also an educator and mentor. The “energy” is expressed in everything I do, my choices, my awareness, my thoughts, words and actions. How are you aware of your creative life? Join me soon for an afternoon workshop in September of exploring The Creative Life.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Watercolor 08.28.26

Love Letter to Life 08.29.2026 An Equation

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, This “equation” hangs on my studio wall: Heart + Inspiration = New Work. I painted the small, tempera heart in 1991 and it recently surfaced when I opened up a tablet of paper. It had been hiding. The magazine tear-out was discovered while looking for collage material. In it is a painting that inspires me. Another magazine piece offers a beautiful landscape that has the word AUTUMN on it. This is creative juice for a series of acrylic paintings on birch panels that are still blank. Math and Art sparking Joy.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Campus Studio Wall 08.28.2026

Love Letter to Life 08.28.26 The Creative Act

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I am re-reading Rick Rubin’s book, “The Creative Act: A Way of Being”. Rick is an acclaimed music producer/musician and a practicing Buddhist. There are days I have woken up and thought, “What the ?x#k am I doing”. I imagine many of us have asked this question. It is a pleasure to come across a fellow traveler “who reframes creativity not as a rare talent, but as a fundamental way of living and relating to the world”. I highly recommend the read if you are at all interested in the creative life.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Watercolor and Acrylic Painting 08.26.26

Love Letter to Life 08.26.2026 And It Begins

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, So good to be back in my campus studio and start a new series of watercolors. I am grateful for the simple lesson learned over years of practice: bring the body and the mind will follow. Sometimes my mind is way too noisy about life. Work quiets it, thankfully! Sit at the table, open up the paints, pick up a brush, and land on the paper. Magic happens!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Watercolor and Ink Pen 08.24.2026

Love Letter to Life 08.24.2026 My Heart

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, My daughter and I had a farewell dinner a week ago. My two weeks in CT went fast and I headed back to Santa Fe. This photo reminds me of the heart shared between mother and daughter, the love of family and friends, and the places we call home. I deeply know that no matter where I am in the world, “home” is in my heart, and there is no measure of miles that separates me from loved-ones. We are one.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Tracy and PRM 08.03.2026

Love Letter to Life 08.19.2026 Home

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, A shout out to Lynn, from Durango, who helped me with my bag on fast-moving escalators in Dallas Airport. Thank you!
I am home in Santa Fe after a terrific vacation. It takes 48 hours to get my “altitude legs” coming from sea level to 7200 feet in the mountains. The drill for the next 48 hours is to drink lots of water, food shop, wash the car, and look at all the photos from the past two weeks. I will go to my campus studio and say hello to friends. Breathe and walk and appreciate it all.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Home Studio

Love Letter to Life 08.16.26 Family

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I look at all the photos of family and friends in CT and feel joy. There’s been many wonderful gatherings over meals, picnics, going to the beach, theater, museums, visiting studios, music, bike races and playing card games nightly. Laughter with my siblings, their spouses, my daughter, my grandkids, nieces and their husbands and their kids. My heart is full of love and gratitude. And the happiness of winning at cards tonight!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 08.14.2026 NYC & BPT

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Having a great time visiting with friends in NYC and CT. Jay Dee Daugherty met Arlene and I in NYC. Walked through MOMA and had dinner. Saw a Broadway play. Pure fun. Visited the renovated factory buildings in Bridgeport. Impressive studios, restaurants, and art businesses bringing the neighborhoods to life. Had lunch at the harbor with a friend, John Bygott, who I met in Santa Fe. He tried to sell me the idea to move back to CT. If only I could live in both places!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 08.12.2026 The Crew

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Spent the day on a friend’s sailboat off the shore of CT. A mix of sun and clouds, little wind so we motored for the afternoon. Ate sandwiches, chips and chocolate chip cookies. Had fun visiting with Tracy, my daughter, Christopher, my grandson and Chuck the Captain, a friend. Good to be where I grew up and in the elements of New England.
Sun and Sea. Happy.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose