Elaine is Thriving

Elaine Working on The Last Stages of Her 

Black and White Tapestry Treasure

(Picture courtesy of Kissiah)

Elaine is aiming for a finish of her delightful weaving today.  It is scheduled to be in the Equinox show at Pacific Textile Arts in March. She is definitely riding high. Now she's planning to design a piece  of her great granddaughter fishing.This will celebrate the little one's fourth birthday and should be a good one. Elaine is excited because she can work with Yael on the design, which is a real treat. She is having a wondrous time here in  El Tuito and it's such fun to see her enjoying herself so much.

Art just wrote to me that he picked up three new birds right near the house at Primavera yesterday. He sounds pretty happy too and is planning on joining me for lunch some time this week. Our group meets for lunch at Mario's Patio every day and I've already found Art there eating with some other birders who were staying at Primavera.

Today is the day when I have scheduled myself to begin plumbing the creative well with my tapestry designing. So far I have spent time learning to draw some of my current favorite local birds. Then, yesterday I began working with some of the trickier Zapotec weaving images. Coming up with a creative way to join the two is the challenge I have set for today. I also will undoubtedly be hoping for some council from Yael, the master designer and painter. We are so fortunate to be here with her. I'm about to just start scribbling any of the ideas that come into my head. With luck the muse will creep in as it usually does. It amazes me that the process of creating something new eventually moves forward. It's a thrill and I depend on it happening. Somehow it almost always does.