Hello my friend!
Here we are, entering a new year full of possibilities. I feel excited and so grateful for it.
In September of 2015 my husband suffered a heart attack while working abroad. But I’m happy to report that he’s back to normal and doing really well. Going through something that scary puts everything in perspective. All those little preoccupations that populate the mind suddenly vanish, and all that matter is, well: life itself. Going through such crisis allowed us to experience the power of our amazing support system. The kids and I felt overwhelmed by all the love coming from everywhere. We never felt so protected.
As soon as Diego found out about his Dad’s heart attack, he asked: But is he alive? When I responded yes, he said: OK, then everything is fine. Diego’s reaction pretty much set up the atmosphere for the rest of us. Very deeply, we just knew that everything was going to be OK. And we were right.
↑One of my paintings from 2015
So, moving forward, I will say that we are starting 2016 with tons of creative energy. I’m extremely excited to tell you that my old dream of establishing an art center is coming true. I cannot wait to share more details! Stay tuned! Right now things are in the early stages but everything is moving forward steadily. I want to say that the people who we are joining in this adventure are like family to us. They are smart, down-to-Earth, super talented, creative…I could go on and on. You are going to love them. The area that we have chosen for the art center is about an hour and a half from NYC. The town is beautiful! Surrounded by nature and friendly people. My dream is to see you there in person one day. You’re going to love it.
Now I’m going to say hasta luego.
I’m so looking forward to enjoying 2016!
But before I go, please allow me to give you a virtual hug. Let’s celebrate the fact that we’re alive. Don’t you feel lucky?
All my best to you and your loved ones!
Elsita 🙂
Sending a virtual hug back to you and your loved ones from Sydney Australia. Your post was a very timely reminder of what really matters.
Jennifer
Thanks for the hug, Jennifer! 🙂
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Elsa, I’m so relieved that Bill is okay. What a thing for all of you to go through!
Thank you for posting this beautiful painting. Seeing your art is a gift to the soul–an excellent way to begin the new year. May you and your family and your art have an excellent 2016!
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Thanks a lot, Jennifer, for your wishes. May you and your family have an excellent 2016 as well!
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Dear Elsita,
Wishing all your family the best in 2016. I have missed seeing your entries ,so I am glad the perfume of life is filling your heart again with “life’s sweet fragrance. ” May this year be overflowing with the divine bliss and experiencing the beauty in every moment.
Aum ,
Chandi
Thanks, dear Chandi. I have also missed your kind words and e-mails. Let’s enjoy life’s sweet fragrance this year! 🙂
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I really wish you and all your family may have an amazing 2016 year! You are a true inspiration and I wish you achieve all of your dreams in this new year: new hopes, new experiences and new joys!
Natalia
Dear Natalie, I also wish you achieve all of your dreams in this new year. Happy 2016! 🙂
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I’m so glad to hear that your husband is OK — can’t wait to hear all about your plans for an art center. Happy new year to you and your family
Ellen
Thanks, Ellen! Every day when I wake up and I see Bill safe and sound, I feel the luckiest person on Earth. He must stick around for a loooong time 🙂
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Sending a hug right back to you. Happy New Year, Elsita!
Thanks a lot my friend! 🙂
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Elsa,
I am so glad to hear that your husband is doing better! My best to you and your family and I look forward to hearing about your art center. I love your work and your postings. Happy 2016!!
Thank you, Leslie! The art center is in my mind 24/7. I am trilled that it is happening 🙂
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Dear Elsita,
I am so happy to read that your husband is OK.
Diego sounds like a special person, what a way to set the tone for this harrowing situation!
And a great way to start the year, sharing with all of us what is important.
Can’t wait to learn more about your center.
All the best to you and your family,
Sue
Thanks, Sue! Diego is the youngest person in our family, but he’s also he wisest. His unique brain allows him to see only what matters. Everything else is irrelevant to him. That, and his sense of humor, are gifts to us 🙂
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This sounds like an exciting new venture. My husband’s home town is Marlboro, NY. I hope your new place is close to this. We visit often, and would love to see what you’ve created with your team. Your work is phenomenal!
Hi, Amy! The location is technically in New Jersey, on the border with Pennsylvania. We’re in love with the area and have great support from the government over there. The art center is a non-profit organization. A great part of what will make it successful is the community that we will build around it. With the use of the Internet, the members of our community/creative family, can be anywhere on planet Earth. It is going to be great! 🙂
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I love Diego’s rationalization. I wish I could think so clearly. Ha. Glad Bill is okay, and can’t wait to hear more about your art center.
That painting is beautiful. Does it have a name?
Hi Bella! The title of this painting is: Knots. Do you see those knots on her hair? They represent the “knots” in the mind. We tend to get our ideas tangled naturally and that generates lots of “knots”. But people like Diego help us untangle those knots so we can have a clear mind 🙂
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Happy new year to you and yours Elsita!
Happy New Year to you and yours as well, Kerin! 🙂
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Hello Elsita,
And happy 2016! I’m so glad that Bill is okay. What a lovely post and wonderful reminder of the important things to focus on in the new year. Excited for all your creative projects!
Charlotte
Thanks for your words, Charlotte! 🙂
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Happy New Year Elsita. I’m so happy to hear you husband is doing OK. Thank you for sharing your beautiful artwork with all of us. Here’s to a great 2016!
Thanks a lot, Catherine! I’m looking forward to sharing the work that I will create in 2016. So exciting! 🙂
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thank you Elsita!!! I do so hope to see you at the arts center one day and bring my aunts with me:)
Yes please Susan! I can’t to see you and your aunts over there! 🙂
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Elsa te deseo un 2016 con t salud!!!!! que todos los proyectos se materializen cargados de mucha energia positiva ….que los orichas de nuestra tierra te den mucho iré….soy muy admiradora de tu trabajo.
Un abrazo fuerte desde España.
Ache
Ache para tà también Paulina! Mil gracias por desearme cosas buenas en el 2016. Lo mismo para tÃ!
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This beautiful painting reminds me to Frida Kahlo. All the best for 2016, full of health, which after all, is the most important in this life.
I agree, Fer. Health is the most important thing in life. That should always be a priority 🙂
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Hola Elsa te deseo un 2016 con salud para ti y los tuyos…..que todos los proyectos se desarrollen positivamente que nuestros orichas te den mucha fuerza con la zapiencia que tienes …..soy admiradora de tu obra…a ver si un dia puedo ir a tu espacio.
Ache.
Desde España.
Perdona me ha salido una palabra mal escrita no se como ocurrió te decia con la zapiensa que tienes salud y Ache
No te preocupes Paulina! Espero que un dÃa puedas venir al espacio donde vamos a tener el centro de arte. Es un lugar muy especial 🙂
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An extra large hug and a blessing on your art center, may it encourage, heal and make joyful all of the hearts who step foot there.
Yo said it perfectly, Lyn. That’s exactly what we want our art center to do for others: “…encourage, heal, and make joyful all of the hearts who step foot there.”
Thanks a lot and Happy New Year!
🙂
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May 2016 be filled with good health, happiness and many beautiful moments! Best to you and Bill and your family!
Thanks a lot, Christine! Best to you too! 🙂
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Happy New Year and may 2016 be a year of good health for you, your husband, and your children. I hope that one day I will get a chance to meet you as I missed the opportunities at your art openings in California. The art center sounds like a wonderful project. Good luck and much success with this project.
Thanks for your words, Winkie. 🙂
If you happen to be in NYC on May 4, I have my art opening on that day.
I would love to meet you in person.
Here is the info:
Where: National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park S.
New York, NY
10003
Phone: (212) 475-3424
When: May 4, 2016, from 6:00-8:00 PM
Last day of the show: May 28, 2016
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Thank you for the invitation. I do not know if I will be near enough to meet you in May but I have printed your invite and will see what evolves for the future. I run two nonprofit foundations as the result of the success of my textbook writing and my husband and I help children and hope we can contribute to make it a better world that we live in. I do art work for my friends and family but have never sold anything because I want to remain an amateur.
Winkie, congratulations on all you accomplishments! Next time when I’m in Los Angeles we should get together. I can’t wait to ask you a million questions. I have nothing but admiration for everything that you have done. It takes lots of passion, hard work, and commitment. All my best!
Elsa 🙂
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Yes, that is a good idea to meet so if you ever come back to California let me know so we can have a get together. My first husband who passed away has relatives in NY and on Dec 31 one of his cousins passed away. A memorial in NY is planned for possibly the Spring of 2016 like April or May. If we decide to attend, then I will plan to come to visit and meet you at that time. As soon as I know when this memorial is planned, I will let you know.
Happy New Year to you and your family. Your talent astounds me, your inspiration haunts me and your gift is truly from Heaven. I never tire of seeing the faces and plants and heartfelt love you put into your paintings and paper art. May your husband enjoy continued good health and may your art center flourish with beautiful life and talent.
Dear Rae, thanks a lot for your kind words. They give me energy to keep going on this exciting journey. Happy New Year to you! 🙂
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Dear Elsa,
I am so happy for you that things are falling into place! I am looking forward to your new enterprise. And I am so so happy that your husband is doing fine!Wishing you all the best for the new year!AriadnefromGreece!
So nice to read your comment, Ariadne. Bill is doing really well, better than ever. He’s taking good care of his body and mind. And we’re all following his example. Sending you a hug!
Elsita 🙂
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Dear Elsa,
Thinking of your beautiful family and how all of you have inspired me over the years. So thankful that Bill is doing well and that your dream is coming true. May 2016 be all you have hoped for and more.
Thanks, Laurie! This year is going to be awesome! I can’t wait to enjoy it, one day at a time 🙂
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So very glad that Bill is doing well. J and I have been thinking about him ever since you told me about the heart attack.
Can hardly wait to hear more about the art center — I need this is a large-sized way. Face-to-face time with other creative people and you: Heaven.
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Thanks, Pam! We went through the whole heart scare with lots of calm and positivism. Because we knew that everything was going to be OK. Bill knew that it was too early for his body to go anywhere, other than back home 🙂 We both need to be alive healthy and energetic for our children, and for the art center. We’re both planning to be around for a looooong time 🙂
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I can’t tell you how much you have inspired me….so I really hope that 2016 is a great….no…..a fantastic year for you and your family. All the best Elsa
Wishing you and your family a happy and creative filled new year.
Amanda xxx
Love from Fremantle, WA Australia
Aww, Elsa…..this is wonderful. I cannot wait to hear all about this art center. Mostly, I am so happy to know that all of you are well and thriving. I especially loved reading Diego’s comments. What a wise perspective. Happiest 2016 to all of you!!
Un Abrazo de corazon! Love your art since discovering you from The Jealous Curator. I purchased one of your Frida prints. I love your blog and how you used it to illuminated us on your art on on other artist.
Your child is very wise, as long as we are alive everything else will found it’s way. Carinos, Ofelia
Yes.. 2016 is here and it is going to be a great year! I am also full with positive feelings and creative energy for this year. Me and my family are also having many projects that are moving on slowly but successfully. I wish you all the best for the new year! It is really nice that you husband is alright! Thank you for sharing! Best of luck!
Hi Elsa, I just came across this, and thought of you. I knew you’d be inspired by it; all the possibilities
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all the best to you and your family!
Alison
Elsita, I just had the pleasure to discover your art and now this inspiring post. Thank you for sharing about your family’s struggle and strength. Wishing you all the best this year and will subscribe to keep up with posts! 🙂
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