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FRIDA THE MAKING OF AN ICON 


Artist Way Day — by Julia Cameron

I went to the guest opening of the Frida Kahlo exhibition at Tate Modern, outfit fully Frida‑ready. I thought I knew what I’d see, but it wasn’t the usual Frida mythology. The whole thing feels calmer, more surreal, more intimate. The curation is sharp: woven, details I’ve never seen before, threaded with work from artists shaped by her.

The colour is there, but it doesn’t overwhelm. And the Diego‑and‑Frida dynamic still blows my mind. How she stayed in his shadow, how fiercely she loved him, how that love pushed her to create and also undo her. You feel all of it in the work — the devotion, the damage, the brilliance.

I’m no expert, just speaking from the gut. Her art is dark, sad, beautiful, magnetic. The original queen of selfies. Nothing like her.


Footnote — Freedom 

My art time is important

Artist Way Day — by Julia Cameron  

(read her book)

Lately I’ve been trying to live more like Julia Cameron teaches — following curiosity, trusting instinct, not interrogating the “why.” Today felt exactly like that. A real Artist’s Way day. I let myself go where the creativity pulled, and it pulled me straight into the guest opening of the Frida Kahlo exhibition at Tate Modern.

Luck is what you make it, especially in menopause. Life gets smaller if you let it, so you have to take back the space you command — and the space you deserve.

Art by - Tate, London Under ground , Collage by Miriam Schapiro and the huge Mural is by

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