A Talented Woman

Photo by Lesley

She weaves. She knits. She pounds fibers into felt. She felts wool. She dyes linen with poke berry juice from our farm. She dyes her hair maroon. She silk screens. She creates batik. She designs wall hangings and interior spaces with color, form and texture. By hand (which she prefers to AutoCad) she renders elevations and buildings, rooms and displays. She stays up very, very late working. She watches Japanime while she works. She lives in the moment. She photographs decaying things for inspiration in her spare time. She listens to the Cranes on her iPod. She plays the piano. She designs sets for plays and movies on the side. She leads student organizations. She calls her mother or father almost every day. She writes the only perfect senior thesis in her graduating class. She inserts emotion and spirit into everything she does. She gets chosen as one of three students to go to the Milan furniture trade show in April. She deserves it.

This is my daughter, Lesley.

Her felt wall hanging before she pieced it together; each square she pounded into felt

from strands of wool.