I left you last January, with talk of hopes and dreams, of new art ventures to come and experiences with travel inspirations, that I looked forward to during our stay in South Korea, at Camp Humphreys. Little did I know that right around the corner, was a storm approaching that would change my plans tremendously! …
The downtimes in creativity after a PCS or during a time of creative-lag can be scary for an artist. Actor / Navy Spouse Bethany Mayo views those times as opportunities to pursue other creative adventures. MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where you are today. Bethany: I …
I think it is safe to say that none of us will forget 2020. Before the current unpleasantness hit our shores, I was looking to the new year anticipating a break out year! January was the month that our gallery hosts an exhibit of its new artists from the prior year, of which I was …
Wow, what a year. German poet Christian Morgenstern’s poem “The Seagulls” begins “seagulls look as though their name were Emma.” It makes our world sound so simple, everything in nature is as it is, in place and together. The artist, however, dissects her world, sees patterns, colors, sometimes multiple colors in a single moss-covered rock …
Mil-spouse photographer/artist Narissa Alford has turned her frequent PCSes into opportunities. She meets change by embracing new cultures and translating them into visual works of art. Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where you are today. I met my husband when we were both managers for a department …
This year has been filled with so many changes, some expected and some unexpected. Since my 2019 interview, my husband and I PCS’ed to Charleston, SC after a 7.5-month deployment that seemed to go on forever. I had to relearn everything once more on how to navigate a new environment which is hard to do …
Ashley Hope James, painter and Army spouse, talks about living partly in the here-and-now and partly in the what’s-to-come. Knowing that change is always ahead shapes her identity, philosophy and art. MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where you are today. Ashley Hope: “Who am I?” is …
Since checking in a year ago, I did finish a poetry manuscript before the pandemic hit. Some of the individual poems have been published in journals, some of them quite recently. One of those poems, “Pursuit,” won first place in the military family member category for Line of Advance’s Col. Darron L. Wright Award, and …
Doubt in ourselves can sometimes hold us back, but painter and military spouse Sidra Hassan-Brown paints through fears and self-consciousness. Inspired by the strong women in her life, she discovers her own strengths in each piece of art she creates. MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where …
Crafting this follow-up guest post on MilspoFAN was a stellar way to reflect on my creative journey and share some enthusiasm for a hopeful future. Fate bought me a ticket for a two-year-long rollercoaster ride with the crazy pandemic-loop-de-loop that we’re all on, thrown in for free. I celebrated my 50th birthday right after the …