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Nov 10, 2008
"An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner truth." --Auguste Rodin
One Woman's Artistic Gift
On her countryside farm in Salt Lake City, Kazaih raises goats. And paints. "I paint people I can relate to and the wildlife and countryside I love," the 58 year old says. In 2002, Kaziah sent a note to a Gloria Johnson to see if she could do a portrait of her son, an Army private who died in an ambush in Iraq. Gloria agreed, and Kaziah's portrait moved her to tears. Kaziah continued her humanitarian experiment -- without taking any political sides -- and today, more than 200 portraits later, she's still at it. Oh, and she doesn't sell her art; she gifts it ...
BE THE CHANGE
Reach out with your own "gifts" to someone who has lost a loved one
