Joanelle Mulrain
Painter – Photographer – Author An epiphany of nature experienced by meandering through a natural maritime hammock to a high bluff, then embracing salt-cured, gnarly, boney skeletons of long-forgotten, uprooted, horizontal live oak and cedar towers, a veritable nexus of Spanish, British and French provenance eschewed and juxtaposed in long-ago names – Old Kings, Blackrock, Nassau, Kingsley, Ribault … George, Talbot and Amelia. Photo...
Melanie Husk
VP, Marketing/Communications – Baptist Health To be a good communicator, you have to be a good listener. There is so much to learn, so many interesting people to know, so many new ideas to explore. Zoe reminds me that there’s a time to chase and a time to chill. Watch the birds fly, the manatees graze, the sun set. For me, there’s nothing like nature to counterbalance the busy-ness of business. Photo by Laura...
Sean Watts
Fitness Trainer & Writer I love witnessing the building process throughout all of its stages and I am fortunate to have art always around me: the beauty in observing bodies physically evolving, painting vivid pictures of life using words, the priceless snapshots of the “now I get it” expressions of at-risk youth who learn life lessons through a challenging game of chess. And going home is always a pleasure because residing in...
Hope McMath
Director – The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens I am lucky to work in a beautiful, creative place. When at home I still want to be surrounded by artful objects and an inspiring landscape, but with a very different pace and set of tasks. I am grounded when I have my hands in the dirt, using my muscles more than my mind and I am happiest when my lungs are filled with fresh air, my skin touched by the sun and my hands caked with mud....
Jim Draper
Aquatic Diviner – Area Image Maker It was a Palm Sunday a couple of years ago, and instead of going to church, I decided to go to the river. At the Stephen Foster memorial in White Springs, I walked the Florida Trail to the south. The wild blueberries were blooming. Through the wind and the palmettos I heard the bells playing Way Down Upon the Suwannee River. It all seemed to make sense. Photo by Laura...
José Ettedgui, M.D.
Division Chief of Pediatric Cardiology UF Jacksonville As a pediatric cardiologist, work days can be long and stressful. cooking has become a relaxing and therapeutic activity. And, after all, you have to eat! Photo by Laura Evans
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