21/01/2022
“Creative art is for all time & therefore independent of time…” - Alma Thonas. If you love art, color & just want to immerse yourself in a celebration of beauty & inspiration, go quickly to to catch the Alma Thomas exhibit, ‘Everything Is Beautiful’. My daughter and I spent hours soaking it all in — not only is the exhibit a sweeping celebration of Thomas’ work, but also of her *incredible* spirit and life. A lifelong educator, she started her signature style nature inspired abstracts at age 75 (!), completing one of her largest works, ‘Red Azaleas Singing & Dancing Rock & Roll Music’ at age 86. She defined success on her own terms, immersed herself in her community and as a lifelong educator, encouraged her students to ‘seek out beauty everyday’. She is truly one of the greats and tops on my list of ‘Inspired Women’ (a list I started as a kid, with my grandmother Page as my first entry… which my friends know I also sometimes reference as my list of ‘inspiring zippy older women.’). 🙏