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Georgia O’Keeffe’s Introduction to New Mexico

Jeane George Weigel — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:10:49 +0000

As it turns out, Mabel loaned Georgia a little house situated on her vast property for three months, or longer if wanted. This pivotal summer is how Georgia first discovered New Mexico, ultimately leading her to Abiquiú, which became her permanent home.

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Beatrice Mandelman, My Favorite Taos Modernist

Jeane George Weigel — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:00:45 +0000

Mandelman was quickly captivated by the high desert light, the rugged terrain, the living traditions of the Taos Pueblo, and the vibrant artist community she encountered upon arrival. She came at a time when realism and abstraction were sharply at odds in Taos, yet she easily built friendships across both artistic camps.

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Marco Oviedo: Keeping Art Alive

Jeane George Weigel — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:00:35 +0000

Marco’s artistic self-assurance was forged in an uncommon childhood. He grew up with his aunt who ran a prominent art gallery in Mexico City. Pablo Picasso spent time with their family and they were neighbors with Frida Kahlo seeing her frequently.

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Renaissance Man: Alvaro Cardona-Hine

Jeane George Weigel — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:00:23 +0000

Alvaro didn't start painting until he was in his 40s. He describes it as his most joyful medium: “…all that splashing around with color.” It also provides his livelihood. I know Alvaro primarily as a painter.

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Centinela Traditional Arts, Lisa Trujillo

Jeane George Weigel — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:00:19 +0000

Lisa Trujillo married into a fiber arts heritage that goes back seven generations. She acknowledges both the gift and the privilege of coming into such a rich legacy, as well as the heavy responsibility that accompanies it.

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Centinela Traditional Arts, Irvin Trujillo

Jeane George Weigel — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:00:56 +0000

Ultimately, Irvin speaks a truth that resonates with so many who choose the artist’s path: no matter the challenges, we continue. We take leap after leap into the unknown, creating art simply because it is a part of who we are.

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Anna Karin: The Old Adobe Church, the Wolf and Survival

Jeane George Weigel — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:00:07 +0000

My friend, Anna Karin, moved to Truchas over six years ago now, arriving with her red wolf named Sheba and an orange cat. She was at the end. All of her resources were gone and she didn’t know what to do next, so she did what was in front of her: She rented an old adobe church with a house in back.

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Taking “The Walk” With William deBuys

Jeane George Weigel — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:00:24 +0000

He recalls sitting in the sun on the portal having coffee that first morning. “As I sat there with my mind somewhat disassembled, the first sentence of what would later be The Walk came to me, and it came all of a sudden, just like a little package, as though a bird had brought it and laid it on my lap."

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Perspective

Jeane George Weigel — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:26:32 +0000

Then it comes so clear to me: life is not what we leave behind. That’s history. Life is the living of it, in these moments when our hearts are beating in our chests, when our eyes gaze across the great beauties...

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We Thought We Knew

Jeane George Weigel — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:24:07 +0000

Both Mabel Dodge Luhan and I arrived in New Mexico with similar cavalier assumptions and an absence of prior research before buying land and building homes. There was a great deal neither of us considered or understood about the place. But the thing is, we thought we knew.

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Guy Cross: What We Do For Love

Jeane George Weigel — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:04:19 +0000

Guy started "THE Magazine" because he had a mother who took him around to all the galleries and museums in New York City when he was growing up and he came to appreciate art and artists. He wanted to create a place where they would be objectively reviewed...

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Well, Joseph Campbell… ?

Jeane George Weigel — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:56:54 +0000

I began this morning challenging Joseph Campbell and his immortal words, words I've held as true for so long: "Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls."

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Isabro Ventura “Charro” Ortega, at Home in the Clouds

Jeane George Weigel — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:02:47 +0000

Isabro seemed to embody the spirit of what used to be, bearing history and the generations, in his bones. He was of this place. He was ancient and he was a child. A force of nature.

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Stick

Jeane George Weigel — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:27:16 +0000

But something vital I’ve come to know is this: no matter how hard it is to hold on sometimes, we are not disposable. Our selves, our dogs, our relationships, are not to be shunted aside when they become too difficult.

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On the Road in New Mexico: Valles Caldera National Preserve

Jeane George Weigel — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:00:02 +0000

Human connection to this landscape runs incredibly deep. Artifacts found within the caldera have been carbon-dated to 11,000 years ago, proving its use dates back to prehistoric times. Oral histories record that the area drew the ancestors of the Jemez, Zia, Santa Clara, and San Ildefonso pueblos.

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