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What’s In A Name?

ANSWER: In the case of the women celebrated here, their names have become synonymous with the impact they’ve had on my life and the course of world events. Their individual life experiences in a myriad of modes and disciplines brought them to use their voices, their minds, their work, their creativity, their hearts and bodiesContinue reading “What’s In A Name?”

BERLIN Day 2 – From the River

Still jet lagged, but not wanting to miss precious opportunities to see Berlin, we set out on a walk to the river. After walking through an extended market along the curved street we looked down on last night, we finally hit on the river and walked in a westerly direction for about a mile beforeContinue reading “BERLIN Day 2 – From the River”

BERLIN – DAY ONE

We arrived jet-lagged but juiced by the beautiful city of Berlin and the friendly welcome from all we met as we made our way across the city from TGL airport to our hotel the Park Inn Alexanderplatz. Here are a few photos from the roof-top observatory of the city

Welcome to the May 2019 calendar pages. This image was taken in Asheville, North Carolina a few years back when I began exploring a unique intentional community in that area. One of the properties that the community continues to consider how to rejuvenate includes a farm tract, trailer residences, and a large area where, inContinue reading

APRIL 2019 WayMaking Artist’s Calendar

This image for the April page of my calendar was taken on the Campus of Goddard College in Plainfield Vermont on July 23, 2016. I had driven up through Michigan into Canada, stopping by to see fellow Goddard alum Annis Karpenko in Mississauga Canada. I continued driving a little further east before turning south toContinue reading “APRIL 2019 WayMaking Artist’s Calendar”

Cuba-Day One 2019.01.11

It’s been two months since I returned from my week in Cuba, traveling as part of the Hedwig Dances Touch Tour 2019 – the company’s fifth such curated immersion in the country’s art, dance, food, districts, monuments, history and more. There seems no simple way, no word or pithy phrase presents itself to me, toContinue reading “Cuba-Day One 2019.01.11”

March – 2019 WayMaking Artist Calendar Entry

The image for March was taken in the Hartford Reservoir in Connecticut in February or March of 2002. Not too sure on the date at this point. I was visiting my daughter Kara, who lived on the 3rd floor of an old Victorian home in the historic district of Hartford. She was working at theContinue reading “March – 2019 WayMaking Artist Calendar Entry”

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”