With two artist’s talks scheduled for late January, and two more in the spring, I spent the early part of the month learning Power Point, which may seem easy to those who have newer computers with no internal glitches. Let’s say it was a challenge for me and for my computer. In the end, once I figured out how the program worked, and with the help of my daughter and her husband as well as the use of their computer, the whole process turned out to be incredibly enjoyable. It gave me the chance to look at the hundreds of photos I take every time I travel, reliving them and considering what I learned on each trip. Each feeds into my life journey and the trajectory of my work. I loved the creativity involved in putting the photos together, making a slideshow movie, and adding in music that I had brought back from each trip. I decided to call the talk: Pilgrimage and Painting: Influences on my Work The idea of going on pilgrimages began for me before I had ac...