My aunt, Gretchen Weber, passed away earlier this week.  She was my mom's older sister and the first professional artist I knew.  As a child, her family was mythical-- in addition to her, my uncle was a nuclear physicist & their 4 daughters, well, to hear my mom tell it, they invented chili mac!  Everyone was funny, smart, independent & full of confidence.  My aunt was a calligrapher and though I had seen much of her work as a child, I discovered more of it when I was looking through my parents' house a few years ago.  I found this little collection called "The Talking Head."  It was created by a dozen women artists expressing their struggles to develop their creative identities.  On either side  of the paper silhouettes are contrasting thoughts-- "follow your dreams" and "stick to the beaten path."   As I was reading through them again, I felt comforted by the timelessness and universality of their struggles.  Her art is a gift showing vulnerability and courage; in my mind, it increases her legend.