Mark Rothko in his West 53rd Street studio, c. 1953, photograph by Henry Elkan, courtesy Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Rudi Blesh Papers
“When I was a younger man, art was a lonely thing. No galleries, no collectors, no critics, no money, yet it was a golden age for we all had nothing to lose and a vision to gain.
Today it is not quite the same, it is a time of tons of verbiage, activity, consumption.
Which condition is better for the world at large? I will not venture to discuss, but I do know that many of those who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where we an root and grow.”
— Mark Rothko, in The Power of Art by Simon Schama, BBC
Listen to Mark Rothko speak these words himself in The Power of Art, here.
Thanks to Elaine of Blue Moon Astrology for including this insightful and soulful quote in her more indepth article on this Taurus New Moon eclipse, Mark Rothko, and true-heartedness.
Jamie has long been an inspiration partner and lantern-holder for her fellow transformation leaders, change catalysts, and creative nonconformists who are living, inspiring, and (intentionally or not) leading the way in these chaotic times.
When she's not tending and stirring the Sophia's Children cauldron, she's following research trails, and serving as the Director of a Repro-Justice-oriented women's health center in her community, co-creating a safe, in-person compassionate care environment in a world that increasingly seems to lack that.
Jamie is a long-time servant of the Muse, a writer and author, an intrepid walker and feline-tender, and is passionate about the healing power and relevance of reclaiming ancestral-wisdom and healing (or at least understanding) ancestral (and other types of) trauma. She has great appreciation for dark chocolate and cooking other nourishing, delicious meals -- often plant-based -- to nourish her partner and her peeps, and otherwise doing the same day to day things we all do.
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