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Stitchin Fingers and packin bags

Posted in textile art, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

sharonb has started a new forum for textile enthusiasts on Ning. It’s called Stitchin Fingers and has already attracted over 240 members in just a few days. Looks like it will make for some fruitful sharing, so I look forward to having time to peruse!
But first, I’m heading to Nottingham, England for teachings by His [...]

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Jill Bolte Taylor’s Stroke of Insight

Posted in Inspiration, change your brain, tagged , , , on May 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Dear Kristin Blancke has sent me another amazing link, one which she received from a mutual friend of ours who has also lived many years at the foot of the Himalayas.
Please watch this amazing video.
Jill Bolte Taylor, a brain anatomist, had the extraordinary fortune to study her own stroke AS IT WAS HAPPENING. She recounts [...]

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Tibetan Dolls and Brain Changes on a New Blog

Posted in change your brain, textile art, tagged , , , on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

My dear friends, Kristin Blancke and Franco Pizzi (who organize tours of India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan for Italian, French, and Belgian travelers through their company Viaggi in Asia), have a new blog (in Italian). They’re off to a good start with two fascinating posts:
Brains Can Change
The first speaks of the intriguing field of neuroplasticity. [...]

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Where did the time go?

Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It’s been entirely too long since I posted. Two long holiday weekends in Italy. Lots of quilting experiments, using Dijanne Cevaal’s Seventy-Two Ways Not to Stipple or Meander for inspiration.
Working on my nomad girl’s face. Here she is so far:

Finishing and shipping a couple of small Dzogchen pieces. Preparing posters and postcards for my [...]

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