October Flying Carpet 2018

In October 

The Flying Carpet savors FRANCE

 

In the U.S. it's known as “window shopping”.
In France they call it “licking the windows”!
 

PARIS
 

Don'cha love it?
Josephine Baker… 

lampshade mimi-skirt etc., etc., etc.,

 

 The Famous Autograph Store

 

 

Chippendale Mermen at Tittilandus
 

 

Scratch 'n sniff

 

 

Cimetiére de Montmartre
dilapidated…crumbling…cobwebby
stained glass illumination
 

Musée des Arts et Metiers
Bat Flying Machine 

soars into mythological gingerbread

 

 

MAISON CONTI in MONTMIRAIL
Nancy's Eco Dyed fabric collage 

in the atelier

 

 

Rhapsody… 

church window reflection…

pansies

 

 

Workshop Field Trip!!!!!
PAYS DE LA LOIRE, HEAVEN

 

 

This one’s for you, Nancy…
quintessential France Beauty…

 

 

Manoir de Lorrain  in NOCÉ
Albert in clown mode

 

 

Nostalgia window

 

 

across from
La Maison d’Horbé, LE PERRIÉRE
where we had an astounding time

 

 

“The eyes are the windows of the soul”
The Church of Saint Genest in LAVARDIN
Frescoes disappearing in time

 

 

Special thanks to:
Valery, Jen, Ann, Nancy, Lang, Nelly,

Rick, and our Mascot, Hairy

(Photo by Zack)

 

 

and  Zack

 

September Flying Carpet 2018

In September
The Flying Carpet
saddled up and was rarin' to go to Texas
on a whirlwind trip
 

On the road, the wrecked billboards advertised blue sky
in the spaces between rotted boards and shredded ads

“Icy bridge” signs proclaimed unseasonable disaster

In Amarillo at the Coyote Bluff Cafe
 

translucent pack horses hauled neon beer signs

After a Texas shaped waffle for breakfast (!)
on the way to Dallas
“4,000 Cowboy Hats
20 miles ahead”

At the Turquoise Coffee Shop at Chillicothe
Cowboy and cowgirl silhouettes

sun-blasted plants
black thumbs

a sense of abandonment
 

We drove

 "Till the wheels fall off and burn”

No words needed

So glad I

 “waltzed across Texas with you”

Thanks to my sidekick, Zachariah

 

August Flying Carpet 2018

In August The Flying Carpet 

clicked it's heels together and heard,
“There's no place like home”

 Waking in the morning…
the garden after welcomed rain

Returning inside…
Looking though the door 
to the first collage studio

Entering the mysterious

Opening the drawers…
wondering what will change today?

 Trying to keep track of the daze

 

 Wandering back out the door

 To the main gallery space
where Zachariah's paintings
have been shown all month

Many visitors 
also seeing composite paintings
in his studio

And then back out to the garden
Good Morning!
How about a cup of tea?

Truly,
"There's no place like home"

Special thanks to Zachariah
for collaborating 
on the studio/ gallery photographs

July Flying Carpet 2018

In July the Flying Carpet lent a HAND
and was one of 1,700 volunteers
for the 15th annual
International Folk Art Market
in Santa Fe

The HANDiwork 

of many many artists
and cooperatives 

from 56 countries worldwide
began with artist demonstrations
in supporting businesses downtown
 

and continued 

with the entry parade…
HANDS raised in welcome 

and celebration…
many embraces

At the Market
everyone is dressed to the 10's (!)
especially the Movers and Shakers
 

the Collectors
 

the Shoppers

 and the Artists

wrap it up and take it home!

It was HANDS down 

a fabulous event

June Flying Carpet 2018

In this time of chaos and confusion*

Where you can't tell 

what's real and what's invention**
 

The primordial 

geometry of simplicity
will give a rest 

to the eye and the spirit***

Within the walls of the tea room
there is a moment
of orchestrated 

awareness and harmony**** 

The silent pause
before serving sencha tea
stops the swirling world*****

 Concentration on the perfection
of creation
helps us regain perspective******

Laughing with those we love
and empathy 

for the broken hearted
brings equilibrium******

*Meow Wolf
Santa Fe

**Meow Wolf
Santa Fe

*** Stage set for Madame Butterfly
Santa Fe Opera
Stage opens to allow the audience
to view a perfect sunset
(Thank you Anita)

****Strawberry Moon Tea Event
Jo Shin An Tea House Santa Fe
(Thank you Caroline)

*****Sencha tea event
at Tai Gallery Santa Fe
(Thank you Satori)

******Thank you Racine for all the adventures

May Flying Carpet 2018

In May the Flying Carpet says,

"I left my heart in Japan…
had to go back and find it…

I searched for it 

in the exquisite geometry
of shadows on Hagi walls

in the ancient ritual 

of Taikodani Inari Shrine
in Tsuwano

in the preservation of 

time-honored life way
in Omoricho
 

in the massive Shimenawa
at Izumo Shrine

in the indescribable perfection
of the Adachi Garden in Yasugi 
 

in the elegant simplicity  

 at Kennin-ji Temple 

in Kyoto
 

in the attention to detail
of each bamboo wonder
 

and found it finally

caught up in the branches

of the revered  cherry tree

at Senbon Shakado

But I left a tiny tiny bit 

to await my return... "