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In the Company of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
There’s a word, I’m pretty sure, for what I’m about to describe but I’m not certain what it is. Maybe I’m thinking about serendipity, or maybe grace, but definitely something besides coincidence. This is what happened:
I recently had the pleasure of watching a movie that featured a portrayal of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera who was married several times to another amazing artist: Frida Kahlo. In this movie, Rivera was a member of a community of artists that included Picasso, Jean Cocteau and others. Watching the humored manner with which they embraced their struggles and triumphs took some of the edge off my own current stress factors and inspired me to get back to my works in progress with more enthusiasm than before.
A few days later, I picked up a copy of PREVIEW, the Telfair Museum of Art’s news magazine. There on page 5 was a story about my own ELEMENTAL painting exhibit at the Jepson Center for the Arts, and next to it were stories about a photography exhibit featuring “Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray.” It turned out that the Jepson Center for the Arts will host an exhibit of Muray’s photographs of Kahlo from April 16-June 15, 2008, while my own works will be exhibited at the center from April 16-August 17, 2008.
With photographs of Frida Kahlo keeping company with my own work and a movie featuring her husband Diego Rivera filling my soul with inspiration, I felt like their spirits had come to encourage and bless my efforts. Like I said, I’m not sure what the word for such a thing is but I feel very good that it happened.
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Comment by Art Sun Hernandez on January 25, 2008 at 9:03pm -
Luther,
I think the word you are looking for is...Blessing...you have been blessed my friend and now you might even reap some rewards, even if they are just inspirational or soul satisfying, everything is as it should be.
Congratulations my friend...
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