I am now in Florida

So I am in Florida helping my parents through hurricane season. Luckily, there are no hurricanes at the moment & it actually looks quite calm in the forecast so far. It is, however, 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the middle of the day, so who knows what tomorrow might bring. And so far no photos until I get back to Vancouver, but that too might change. We'll see.

Vote Now for Your Favorite Headshot

You are viewing some of the headshots that my son Adad took of me yesterday. If you have any opinions about which one might get me some work, you are invited to reply in the comments.

Headshots by Adad

Masks in Chiapas

If you look back to my November 2005 posting from San Cristobal de las Casas, you will see the beginning stages of the mask workshop that I taught for FOMMA, Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya, Strength of the Mayan Woman. They are an indigenous women's theatre company & I taught two members of the company to make both papier mache & latex masks. The above mask was the sample that I made to demonstrate the process. The other masks in this posting were made by the women in the workshop.

These are the latex masks made by Marie & Victoria. They are half masks. After taking this photo of Marie in a mask, we added a mop to see what it would look like as hair.




Latex is good for depicting old people I find. The next three masks fulfilled the original request for an old couple, two youngsters & a jaguar. These next three are papier mache masks.

Artichoke

Holocaust Memorial Outside the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco

Palo Alto Arts Center Parasol Project - June 2006

Datura Blooms in Berkeley in June

Camp Winnarainbow Adults

San Francisco Tree

This photo is a tree in a San Francisco neighborhood, strung with red flags that the sun shone upon.

I've Been Inspired Again

After letting my blog slip since April, I am posting today because I just read my son Adad's blog & was encouraged to get going again.

Above is a photo I took of Juanita Rusev emerging from a tipi to attend the Croquet & Tea Party during Winnarainbow for Adults' 6-day June camp at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, California. The character with the umbrella is me, in a photo that Juanita took of me that same day. This photo is proof that I didn't evaporate last April when the blog lagged.