Monday, December 30, 2013

December Flying Carpet 2013

In December The Flying Carpet 
hovered over Santa Fe 
to revel in Holy Days

the waning light  in the disappearing afternoon



Grandma’s menorah shines in the window for the world to see


Jake’s farolitos light the way

 
 Zack’s ikebana Chistmas Tree floats above the gifts


Dr. Furoshiki’s wrapping fanaticism astounds himself
(perhaps no one else)


and we move with requisite glitz
into the New Year


Saturday, November 30, 2013

November Flying Carpet 2013

What do Flying carpets do in the winter time?
They lay around in front of fireplaces
catching stray cookie crumbs
and splashes of hot chocolate

and recollect images of Paris windows...


the indirect... the unexpected glance
the iconic becomes mysterious...
Sacre Coeur


random juxtapositions
found paintings



Institut Du Monde Arabe
light streaming through lens apertures



a million captured prisms
ubiquitous chandeliers


the genius of Rodin and Camille Claudel
in the filtered light of the quintessential Hotel Biron



and coming full circle
to the erector set image
of the Eiffel Tower


Grateful   Grateful   Grateful

Saturday, October 26, 2013

October Flying Carpet 2013

Flying Carpets are good at pretending.

I invite you to come along with me 
to the little medieval  town of Montmirail 
in one of the most picturesque areas 
of northern France, 
the Perche 


and to stay at the chateau of Maison Conti.

Ka Boom... the moment we have been waiting for... 
the first rays of sun 
striking the chord of the morning



We tiptoe down the stairs. 
The whole house is asleep in 
the blue room, 
the yellow room, 
the rose room, 
the green room. 


We join the awakening sun 
glancing at the early morning terrace... dew...


We look toward the glass door... 
the entry to the atelier 
which will be a humming hive for many hours


Later but still in a dream state, 
we are invited into the dining room 
to a scrumptious breakfast


...perhaps a walk through the town?
(Montmirail is a classified,
architecturally preserved "petite cité de caractère.")




past the fairy tale castle


and its medieval herb garden


to the deserted cemetery as the light rain illuminates



through the Hollow Ways
that have connected each rural town for centuries

“Pinch me! Pinch me!” we say to each other...


Special thanks to our incomparable host and hostess,
Rick & Nancy
and the magnificent Maison Conti
maisonconti.com

If Gayle, Linda, Leslie, Michelle, Sydney,
Celeste, Carrol, Karen, Gwenola, and Nelly
had not come out to play in the atelier,
the Flying Carpet would not have flown to France...
thank you all for adventurous artistic spirit.

and to Zack, my Sidekick, for photo #1 and everything else...

Sunday, September 1, 2013

August Flying Carpet 2013

In August The Flying Carpet
visited the Shadowcatcher...
an elusive being in and out of time


The light streaming
oblique in the afternoon
umbra & penumbra



soft on the morning leaves


shadowing the cobalt glass


capturing angular complexity


and swoop and jiggle/giggle


ichi e
ichi go
this moment...
this moment...
each morning a new datura 
blossoming white


No matter how far you travel,
you can never get away from yourself.
It is like your shadow.
It follows you everywhere.
Haruki Murakami  

Special thanks to all
who opened their eyes and hearts       

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

July Flying Carpet 2013

In July The Flying Carpet 
caroused at the 10th International Folk Art market/ Santa Fe.


Spirited music


Amazing Fashionistas


Alien Life Forms


Creatures from Jungian Dreams


Astounding Beauties


untold hours of handiwork


and the first baby to be born to a participating artist

made this Folk Art Market especially mind-blowing.

Special thanks to:
Jo, the Textile Angel


and Veo of the Lovely Smile
for allowing a lowly carpet to volunteer again


at the Ock Pop Tok Booth


also to Zack for photo # 1 and Jill for photo # 9

"Y'all come back and see us now, y'hear?" as they say in the South...


All levity aside,
more than 3,400 volunteers, many from New Mexico,
have given 120,000 hours of their time to the Market over the past nine years. These volunteer hours are valued at $5.12 million.

In the past nine years,
650 artists from 80 countries have participated in the Market
—generating more than $16 million in sales,
90 percent of which has gone home with the artists.
We don't yet know the impact of 2013 Market.

The global connections and friendships are beyond calculation.


Folk Art Market has changed the world.