The tech before the storm, or something like it. Scaffolding, chain link fence and platforms at various levels, all working to support the actors and give them an interesting environment to work in. The auditorium is remarkably quiet and empty as we set cues. The quiet will end Monday when the sound hardware comes in, and we start running the show end to end to end, getting it smoother and faster.
a close up of a 2×4″ section at the north end of the piece – the river is in place, and needs definition
In other news, liquid water yesterday in the afternoon (photographic evidence)
temperatures well below zero Fahrenheits last night, and liquid water again this afternoon. The horses are shedding, the birds are singing, the days are getting longer, and hope is starting to spring again. Or maybe that is just spring, springing again.
With the fields sketched in, and the outline of the rivers, you might be able to see the Deerfield River joining the Connecticut. Or not.
This is the very beginning stage for most of my work. I find a lot of colors of fabric that speak to me about the topic or location in mind, and rip pieces of them off; thin pieces, wide pieces, pieces I will cut shorter and those I will leave long. And then, with a base in mind, I stick the pieces down in an order that is not random but is also not regular. My patient husband came to see what I was working on, and even when I pointed out the landmarks, he just shook his head.
What surprises me is that even after I complete the next couple steps, he still doesn’t see it. Not until a piece is finished and on the wall, does he get what I was aiming for.
More winter colors. There are subtleties to New England winter colors beyond black and white, these quiet greens, dark blues, purpley browns, but all with quiet gray undertones. Or overtones.
This looks like a single band of satellite imagery, or a winter scene.
There is a reason why I try not to make resolutions until February – because January always disappears so fast it makes my head spin. Sometimes I am on top of the change, and I can leap into a new year with new projects and new enthusiasm. I think this year my energies were elsewhere. But! I finished a new abstract river, and started the Finished Work 2015 folder, and things are looking up!
Something about the valley we live in seems to keep snow out of it. We’ve more-or-less dodged a blizzard: there is snow to the east of us, snow to the west of us, more forecast in all directions, and we’re done. We even have sunshine, intermittently.
This is Main Street, looking towards our delightfully absurd Town Hall, with turrets. No one was driving except people with plows. The walking was nice. I hope the coast is not getting hammered too hard – it makes me feel obscurely guilty for wishing a little more of their snow had hit us!
ah, Instagram – your filters amuse me!
It snowed today. Snow makes it very very quiet. So I read two books and knitted. Happy snowy day!
