Strings of Stripes

Using some lovely wool from Denmark called Kauni Efffektgarn in colors coded: EQ and EF, I am knitting a pattern called Wiggle Wrap by Sally Brandl.  I hope this colorful interlude will help me get going on finishing the warp of hemp on the loom which has been waiting for action for too long.

On Being : A Dash of Light

This program is an interesting burst of sunshine on a complex vision.

http://www.onbeing.org/program/alive-enough-reflecting-our-technology/63

another more local, humble yet interesting burst of sunshine on a complex vision

S P O O L S

Metrosketchers at Swedish Institute

interior stained glass window and fancy mouldings, in addition to Christmas tree decorations

the exterior of Turnblad Mansion, looking from the Nelson Cultural Center

inside the Turnblad Mansion looking out

The American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN was the site for the most recent group sketching trip.  There are two buildings: the Nelson Cultural Center and the historic Turnblad Mansion.  Often the sketchers in one building could look across the way and see the sketchers in the other building looking back at them.  My drawings are from the viewpoints of both buildings and I could even see  a reflection in the windows of the building from which I was sketching.

Banks of the Mississippi

The paper in the journal has an orange/yellow tone........from West River Rd, Minneapolis, MN looking east

Awhile ago I was given a journal of handmade paper. It came from mind'seyejournals.com  So I was exploring how the paper works......
The light on the trees along the bank was an odd color in the early afternoon and I was trying to get that impression of light trees.  Well at least there is something of Autumn......

Loom Drawing Again

Labyrinth

I went to Milwaukee to visit grandchildren and enjoyed walking (or running in the children's case) the Labyrinth at Mt Mary College.  The actual process of drawing the old loom also felt like a labyrinth experience, because of the slow back and forth complexity.  But of course drawing and walking are not quite the same.  Walking a labyrinth is an ancient meditative practice which unlike a maze allows you to simply follow a path.  I found it very soothing to have no decisions to make about which way to turn.  Now I want to find a labyrinth closer to home.