JulieV

WayMaking Artist’s 2019 Calendar by JulieV 2018 was the inaugural year for my limited edition calendar featuring photographs I have taken while in a state of mindful awareness, a state of being and creating that I eventually came to refer to as my contemplative photography practice. More about that practice in paragraph 3 below. MakingContinue reading

Mackenzie Rey

January 4, 2019 Mackenzie Rey Navarro Volkmann was born in Manhattan, New York. The second born of Kara Volkmann, my daughter, and her spouse, Mike Navarro. The sister of Adrian Michael Navarro Volkmann. My granddaughter. Beautiful soul.

Contemplative Calendar – February 2018

This image of the WayMaking Cairn (WMC) was taken in late January 2015, just a stone’s throw from the Little Calumet River. As I’ve menioned in earlier posts, the WMC is one of many images in a subset of my contemplative photography work. It serves as an avatar-like manifestation of my spiritual engagement with myContinue reading “Contemplative Calendar – February 2018”

Contemplative Calendar – January 2018

January’s image is a historic building in Hamchek Village, Wisconsin. Taken in October 2011 while my sister Beth McQuade Nichols and I were hosted by then proprietor, architect Kevin Kemp. The quote by Bertrand Russell was especially compelling for me. It was chosen for the image and then the content of the message seemed bestContinue reading “Contemplative Calendar – January 2018”

Introducing JulieV’s 2018 Contemplative Calendar

NECESSITY GIVES BIRTH TO A CALENDAR of IMAGE and WORD Over the holiday break this year while I was down with some indefinable malaise – who can really tell what is flu and what is cold? Especially if it moves into bronchitis? Too sick to do much, I did find focus and drew energy fromContinue reading “Introducing JulieV’s 2018 Contemplative Calendar”

Musings: An Afternoon in the National AIDS Memorial Grove

July 13, 2017: While on a solitary exploration, walking with my camera through San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, I stumbled upon the AIDS Memorial Grove, which opened up my artist’s soul in unexpected but welcome ways. My reflections on the discoveries made that day and in the weeks to come are shared here. Musings: An AfternoonContinue reading “Musings: An Afternoon in the National AIDS Memorial Grove”

MIRRORS Installation at GALLERY 1039

Thanks to the power of Eduardo Galeano’s writings, I have created my first outdoor art installation, entitled MIRRORS, in my own front yard, smack in the middle of this working class neighborhood of Hammond, Indiana where I have been living for 13 years. This installation opened on Halloween, just in time for trickContinue reading “MIRRORS Installation at GALLERY 1039”

The Binding of Two Souls

The reflections of a woman on the occasion of the recent wedding ceremony at which she served as presider

Simple Choice Farm an Oasis with Many Faces

Today I stayed close to Simple Choice Farm, using the day as an exploration of sorts, looking for the extraordinary in the elements that surround us here. Here are a few treasures that revealed themselves to me.

EXHIBITS IN SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER

I have not one, but two exhibits in September and October that will feature works from my WayMaking Cairn contemplative photography practice. Beginning September 8 through October 31st seventeen of my works are on exhibit at the Hammond Public Library, 564 State Street, Hammond, Indiana. The Library is open Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday. ItContinue reading “EXHIBITS IN SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER”