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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