August

"The secret lies in leaving everything else until tomorrow; in stopping at the most tantalizing moment in the story... or plot; in suspending our gaze and waiting; in managing the promise, and fuelling the desire to hear the rest" in «Xerazade, a coleção interminável do CAM». Photo by Monica Pinheiro CC BY-NC-SA (CC) August 2026.

Solstice

I've been discovering more affordances for the materials that nature (and people) offer me. At this time of the year there is an abundance of colours, textures, forms, and smells to choose from. They open up many possibilities for creation. Marking the Solstice, I finished the weaving of the last tapestry, prepared the loom weft and started the initial selection of natural materials for the next work. 

Suzane Simard's book Finding the Mother Tree as been traveling with me. In it, I just discover that if you cut the leader shoot "the pines won't know how to grow toward the sky". 

Photo by Monica Pinheiro CC BY-NC-SA (CC) June 20,  2024.