Final Day of Taos Visit, 2013

The richness of our visit continued at the Coffee Cat in the Dunn Shops. We met fine arts photographer, Kathleen Brennan for coffee and to catch up on her work and life. She had just returned from a trip to Eastern New Mexico where she interviewed folks who are losing the water in their wells because of the drought for her new video project.  Her still photos are insightful and beautiful. You can see those and previous videos at www.brennanstudio.com Kathleen also received a 3 week residency on the southern rim of the Grand Canyon. She recently interviewed Jim Wagner for a video for The Harwood Museum as part of the current show of RC Gorman and Jim Wagner's work. I am looking forward to her posting of that video. Kathleen told us the story behind the Healy collection, and we went straight across Bent Street to see the work by Jim at the Milagro Ranch Collection, and also enjoyed seeing the WPA furniture. A beautiful drive home and a Bear lumbered across HWY 285 just East of Fairplay. The trip was just one magical moment after the other. I feel so grateful for the connection to Taos that my parents made for me, and for the freshness of this trip to make Taos brand new again.