tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50535841531936014832024-02-07T19:49:05.241-08:00 OlySketcherIt's a lifestyle. Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-29601298929231628142023-06-07T11:42:00.003-07:002023-06-07T11:42:25.264-07:00Sakya Monastery and the Princess in the Land of Snow<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-GWaSFDO7rzin2QTuU6rd3SGOwy-7xn6s1_0-ZKXVfy_CED3mGN5OBGx9b9ZZ6stjbFHzm9DAPADGC6i067W30lVloaD2kD0wlK4828SWKqunbLMC3B-86Wt34u1hOFZIMiQmaMMCw7WJuoo4RTWEcL22c1Lg9G3rdbrUAGHb6X4yeKUjGAohbetjaQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1115" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-GWaSFDO7rzin2QTuU6rd3SGOwy-7xn6s1_0-ZKXVfy_CED3mGN5OBGx9b9ZZ6stjbFHzm9DAPADGC6i067W30lVloaD2kD0wlK4828SWKqunbLMC3B-86Wt34u1hOFZIMiQmaMMCw7WJuoo4RTWEcL22c1Lg9G3rdbrUAGHb6X4yeKUjGAohbetjaQ=w640-h404" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’ve been wanting to visit Sakya Monastery since the last time USk Seattle sketched there in 2019. The bright yellow and red former Presbyterian church in the Greenwood neighborhood in north Seattle was established in 1974 by the some of the first Tibetan Buddhists to come to America.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">When China took over Tibet , they forced Tibetan Buddhists to comply with Chinese rule. Many Buddhists including the Dali Lama fled. The Rinpoche of the Sakya order also fled with his wife and family, trekking over the Himalayas, while being pursued by the Chinese Communists. They eventually landed in India.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">While there they met UW Professor who convinced them to come to Seattle under a Rockefeller Foundation grant. The wife of the Rinpoche, Jamyang Sakya, is still alive. She told the story of her life in Tibet in the book, “Princess in the Land of Snows”, co-authored by former Seattle Times reporter Julie Emery.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">She became one of the first females allowed to become a lama, preach teach Buddhism and grant inititiations and is held in very high esteem in the Buddhist community.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">While I sat in the shade sketching on that warm May afternoon, two women emerged from the side entry and crossed my path. Although I didn’t confirm it, I’m sure one was Jamyang Sakya, the Princess from the Land of Snow walking under the beautiful Seattle summer skies.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG4ElUX2XK79ZsP5YzRi4ExRZVLPwYDLmzDoaSbDVdNdLBqqT4jLR-vN6y_Kl8-t12_sBTBlQd1LUMAKW4nldQerOHwZHGJffsJIG01RKuY9GQ6POo75AE9n2a-jw1UlwjJEW5Lc6y7xWas9WHCWidviU4TEZIp0HftHBFCpWy7ZlyTfTS2E061sgtZw" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG4ElUX2XK79ZsP5YzRi4ExRZVLPwYDLmzDoaSbDVdNdLBqqT4jLR-vN6y_Kl8-t12_sBTBlQd1LUMAKW4nldQerOHwZHGJffsJIG01RKuY9GQ6POo75AE9n2a-jw1UlwjJEW5Lc6y7xWas9WHCWidviU4TEZIp0HftHBFCpWy7ZlyTfTS2E061sgtZw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtUeKO71-IrtS8Wyo-uaUzHuFaz3qEGAfkS6bzGVz8rcFAlTBFEoZCc0n5_761w3gRcYRsCXp-lIr5J_uRMaA62VLhiQF2hvAUuZHXUurgV7sxClvE8I7lKtbDOVVmN059ObZhbdCddJrVA1CEL-PPgIz7DiCiDNDE8uWw049qaHiWS86NFhO372mZyw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtUeKO71-IrtS8Wyo-uaUzHuFaz3qEGAfkS6bzGVz8rcFAlTBFEoZCc0n5_761w3gRcYRsCXp-lIr5J_uRMaA62VLhiQF2hvAUuZHXUurgV7sxClvE8I7lKtbDOVVmN059ObZhbdCddJrVA1CEL-PPgIz7DiCiDNDE8uWw049qaHiWS86NFhO372mZyw=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-82019523019953529672022-03-27T12:39:00.001-07:002022-03-27T12:39:14.898-07:00The Saga of Dharma Ko Dunga<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">“We had to find a virgin to pee on the masts,” Peter Tucker, aka Dorjé* tells me, “It’s required for the renaming ceremony." He got a 12-year-old boy, a friend’s son to do the honors. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFPkErYROYjm9GmL183gr9KSkqlE0g3gtZS6GLoCgP_mMEhdK0vaIsXFaL250F6tducDqeX2RFrpIGFuf8USJ0SbZhMfc6ev4S2bbPNvftDuwWzc90GMaaBJhgMJ3q_7b1xG0fWMSyQeVS5tkbuVqQFnDQ6ka7iQjDIXQpMqkPlosCoJMBX98RPIOd2Q=s3808" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3808" data-original-width="2982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFPkErYROYjm9GmL183gr9KSkqlE0g3gtZS6GLoCgP_mMEhdK0vaIsXFaL250F6tducDqeX2RFrpIGFuf8USJ0SbZhMfc6ev4S2bbPNvftDuwWzc90GMaaBJhgMJ3q_7b1xG0fWMSyQeVS5tkbuVqQFnDQ6ka7iQjDIXQpMqkPlosCoJMBX98RPIOd2Q=w502-h640" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The recipient of that honor is the Chinese junk I stand before as Tucker and I talk. It sits perched on stanchions. The keel is about one foot off the ground, the deck is at least 15 feet up. My husband and son first spotted it being hauled to the boatyard in late January, two yellow pontoons keeping it afloat. “The deck was totally underwater. It’s a good thing I had it tied to the dock all around.” </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRxQo5BjKXBEYk5LY3Gf4gchKJcyDgV6tYMYyPQ5uemHl0Bp4kKIeFSYLVAc7TPZqkt8YhBHk6qDAzsZ6ruk2hPp7Ly_Nor0ypHCIi3jHI3Pu9XQ08zHAYL28dnspZ8vd72l2t21wU87xOCtMbw0xxkboT_YtuDb2VZ5j9jNHLeoUBGg7jDvSymQfRBQ=s2621" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1940" data-original-width="2621" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRxQo5BjKXBEYk5LY3Gf4gchKJcyDgV6tYMYyPQ5uemHl0Bp4kKIeFSYLVAc7TPZqkt8YhBHk6qDAzsZ6ruk2hPp7Ly_Nor0ypHCIi3jHI3Pu9XQ08zHAYL28dnspZ8vd72l2t21wU87xOCtMbw0xxkboT_YtuDb2VZ5j9jNHLeoUBGg7jDvSymQfRBQ=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Built in 1918 the junk spent its youth in Southeast Asia—Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong—until it came of age in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. "In 1945 they decided to make it into a Cris Craft. You know The African Queen and all that." A Chinese/Canadian architect bought it, named it</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Mai Su Li </i>(possibly </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large;">迈 苏 李</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">), and brought it to Nanaimo Harbor in British Columbia. Tucker bought it in ’93. When Tucker asked the former owner about the meaning of the name, “He said he named it after his kids, Michael, Susan, and Lee.” So much for Chinese culture. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-nmfuvsaA9-qiD2AjV047pD9wPuI1dqT8I8Asw0MT9tFub8Ym_H0RpB9gPyf42Y4bpXx_lCczF8Z109JjYDvuIjpPahDCBwjJOj4oIrXfZq7dBQ5CvRvYScwoJHz-BRRtUm5kMx3VQQTfOhITXYjBI6arKErusFe6CHWqJPV8gJmvowfMnOjNg-4Y8Q=s1473" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="1403" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-nmfuvsaA9-qiD2AjV047pD9wPuI1dqT8I8Asw0MT9tFub8Ym_H0RpB9gPyf42Y4bpXx_lCczF8Z109JjYDvuIjpPahDCBwjJOj4oIrXfZq7dBQ5CvRvYScwoJHz-BRRtUm5kMx3VQQTfOhITXYjBI6arKErusFe6CHWqJPV8gJmvowfMnOjNg-4Y8Q=s320" width="305" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMn_ETYs0u_vGI-aXf3om81vBznBTWLnNgN0emw0b3u_P0c9id_edUBaRUZ0UVFRTefepUbdZTkEC0Yap79E57u1m63YXvv_2MFgW4zBf8CeOAt_5vpoGn7_0L6vb9Bp_y57RG8C7Rh5LAaX6ag3u7piDqRuaHFh0nPNS7kxaTflDLlBwmP3yiIwV15g=s2016" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMn_ETYs0u_vGI-aXf3om81vBznBTWLnNgN0emw0b3u_P0c9id_edUBaRUZ0UVFRTefepUbdZTkEC0Yap79E57u1m63YXvv_2MFgW4zBf8CeOAt_5vpoGn7_0L6vb9Bp_y57RG8C7Rh5LAaX6ag3u7piDqRuaHFh0nPNS7kxaTflDLlBwmP3yiIwV15g=s320" width="240" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tucker, a Seattle lawyer who was instrumental in getting the Dali Lama to Seattle for the 2010 festival, Seeds of Compassion, is a fitting owner for this unique boat. He is a character himself with a very storied history, and I only know what he told me in the hour or so that we visited. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji55ShOiE7-JqK82_BuszfiIChCG35QBdV0L5cA9mM8cSeHzM0rD1Mql4bUWWZBXwgYTK9rCn4D0NYWRow6dqKPBYpjQmYmIjTRgqvwTz-qwj6B8xYlbGWvvIRAsO9nOItJMP5tfztutDlEGKrbSmBX_qFH6xB3d3qoXtgKkd1ENRNc_pcsDHNvk7UPA=s2016" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji55ShOiE7-JqK82_BuszfiIChCG35QBdV0L5cA9mM8cSeHzM0rD1Mql4bUWWZBXwgYTK9rCn4D0NYWRow6dqKPBYpjQmYmIjTRgqvwTz-qwj6B8xYlbGWvvIRAsO9nOItJMP5tfztutDlEGKrbSmBX_qFH6xB3d3qoXtgKkd1ENRNc_pcsDHNvk7UPA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We spoke as he stood amidst the ship’s contents—moss-covered ropes, bright orange lifejackets, yellow pails—all spread out on a bright blue tarp. He told me he was born in Canada in 1961 and believes his mother was a young Irish immigrant banished to a Catholic home for unwed mothers and forced to give up her baby. He was in eight foster homes before he was three when he was adopted by the Tuckers. At 18, he was working as a carpenter in British Columbia when he crushed his spine. The Canadian government offered alternative training to injured employees, so he studied graphic design intending to pursue a degree. A friend intervened and convinced Tucker to study music instead. He still plays music with a group called, Smokey Coal and the Short-Bus Riders. Somewhere along the line he studied law and became a lawyer. That’s where our time ran out, but I’m sure there are still stories upon stories aboard the man and his boat. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDMjNDyyfzqHN5chaAXjdswS4Cmql2JLWBzznrowWT0KPdgFGNTulvsBEvsKzEBjINLXT1V64L3bxKblPEvYGJ625j8gITi47-9p8ZAp0xSeigZQDZPgmS6Rlwlc7Cpgg_9U4QjySfoANpfxQhzRlW6SG1rckZaTLP4KqHNmmXLHAe1wYDifG5rs9rGw=s3850" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3850" data-original-width="2253" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDMjNDyyfzqHN5chaAXjdswS4Cmql2JLWBzznrowWT0KPdgFGNTulvsBEvsKzEBjINLXT1V64L3bxKblPEvYGJ625j8gITi47-9p8ZAp0xSeigZQDZPgmS6Rlwlc7Cpgg_9U4QjySfoANpfxQhzRlW6SG1rckZaTLP4KqHNmmXLHAe1wYDifG5rs9rGw=s320" width="187" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFCvAXoQBWtdoeWqwzMY8Jl1vre6-Yw1Uxgio-koDvEsVWnkcJ13vw5w8fG7v0rIXqrRv4IzOQpK0z2ths-5vT7WS6wPpSytB8rXUg-P7wW8dh9Qj6ixhHjpMn6ID0FBf6eLTXzevcY8FZcaPKyE6Xgpn_twg-FhGk2eO5pqZtDUTH9F7b8oonRhEZIg=s1842" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1842" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFCvAXoQBWtdoeWqwzMY8Jl1vre6-Yw1Uxgio-koDvEsVWnkcJ13vw5w8fG7v0rIXqrRv4IzOQpK0z2ths-5vT7WS6wPpSytB8rXUg-P7wW8dh9Qj6ixhHjpMn6ID0FBf6eLTXzevcY8FZcaPKyE6Xgpn_twg-FhGk2eO5pqZtDUTH9F7b8oonRhEZIg=w400-h325" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One could draw an analogy between the transformation of the Chinese Junk and the transformation of its owner. Over the years they’ve each weathered many storms, been remodeled and renamed, and yet still stand out among their peers. They've come up to here. If all goes well Dorjé will soon set sail in Puget Sound riding the wind to collect stories, the boat's new name painted on the stern, Dharma Ko Dhunga - Vehicle of Wisdom.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeKb2OSUdb6vtzEQRKNO98qwmMeakQRm7gcXDXmyO7O9Uk6WT1amcuY_pfMiPKO8vvSpzIhjeNQ_P375cE18r8Q_uVwKEJmO-l2fd74HBYKbO-4C8pLD8nVbQNWhJosO0X0qM617jNfRo-Uz1ASviDAfoiDCb5VEXy3pArJ7miZal4n7ZzH4ihxv7CCg=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1280" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeKb2OSUdb6vtzEQRKNO98qwmMeakQRm7gcXDXmyO7O9Uk6WT1amcuY_pfMiPKO8vvSpzIhjeNQ_P375cE18r8Q_uVwKEJmO-l2fd74HBYKbO-4C8pLD8nVbQNWhJosO0X0qM617jNfRo-Uz1ASviDAfoiDCb5VEXy3pArJ7miZal4n7ZzH4ihxv7CCg=w640-h414" width="640" /></a></div><i>Dorjé's planning sketch of his boat, drawn on the back of 4 paper placemats from a local Chinese/American restaurant. You know...the ones with Chinese horoscopes printed around the rim. </i><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-87314616725748218662021-11-28T18:05:00.003-08:002021-11-28T18:15:26.468-08:00Falling In Love with the World, Part Two<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Twelve years ago, in November 2009, my sister mentioned something she'd seen in the newspaper. This guy, the Seattle Sketcher, was inviting people to sketch at Volunteer Park the following weekend. Was I interested?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I went and I fell in love with sketching. And I keep falling in love again and again and again -- every time I hit the streets to sketch what I see. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkfgG5PxDYTzhiQ7hcEYGcrHLVEi7Af6T9dnnqHap1yo6_SjJetPNqt0JEeK5JGznd8TSl7xeqoLzUSTZjLsm_eGQs4NTGeJGJFnwRK1ZqdGIfIwh2C5wWTbHOz3rY7f5C3jMSyQ66cZE/s1121/2009-VolPkWaterTower.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1050" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkfgG5PxDYTzhiQ7hcEYGcrHLVEi7Af6T9dnnqHap1yo6_SjJetPNqt0JEeK5JGznd8TSl7xeqoLzUSTZjLsm_eGQs4NTGeJGJFnwRK1ZqdGIfIwh2C5wWTbHOz3rY7f5C3jMSyQ66cZE/w600-h640/2009-VolPkWaterTower.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My very first sketch with Seattle Urban Sketchers - 11-21-2009</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In some ways, my first sketch outing was the re-kindling of an old flame -- like meeting up with a former beau and starting up where were left off. I'd been drawing since I was a kid. I studied art in college -- drawing, painting, printmaking -- but not being confident enough to believe I could earn a living at it, I expanded my interests enough to get an unfocused degree from a local liberal arts college. I continued to draw quietly. I was a closeted sketcher. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 2005, my son returned from college study-abroad in Italy and brought me a deliciously creamy handmade paper sketchbook from the Amalfi coast. I took it with me on a trip to China in 2006 and made a few simple sketches. </span></div><div><br /></div><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdyz6MjcCqkw6nGQ78LMaVI_AqHqNYhBOApj3Bjds9G6EcQxQd7_SQnVCeXBxEJAdOkM0pXb8nMyLLM1eum21W8ZdU77a8avreO9oP_GDbnKhkzmElBDY9ccgDnDS-o4V_vSzo55RPa_le/s1300/China2006-HainanBeachCombo.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1300" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdyz6MjcCqkw6nGQ78LMaVI_AqHqNYhBOApj3Bjds9G6EcQxQd7_SQnVCeXBxEJAdOkM0pXb8nMyLLM1eum21W8ZdU77a8avreO9oP_GDbnKhkzmElBDY9ccgDnDS-o4V_vSzo55RPa_le/w640-h469/China2006-HainanBeachCombo.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hainan Island - Save to Living the Station </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Then came 2009 and the sketch outing at Volunteer Park. I didn't know what to expect, but I was excited. That day I met other folks who I knew what it was like to be taken aback at what they saw, put a pen to paper, and record it. And better yet, there was no need for a studio, easels, or special lighting. The world was my studio and there was a reason to sketch -- to share other sketchers. The practice was simple--meet up, sketch, share, post. That's it. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJBlsw1Ybdho_2_YQWl47U9z2q2zpBHXRlC8Kg_WbRPmBSChxsPbE0eWVItEpwiJAgD3Y_7eUFOxyVH02kD0ACn5Q68Pn0oUpkUwMw5ucT-iYHiCqzj_zZtU9MP-Rbzy1FgJyFrnZv9fd/s1092/2009-SAMAsiaWoman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1050" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJBlsw1Ybdho_2_YQWl47U9z2q2zpBHXRlC8Kg_WbRPmBSChxsPbE0eWVItEpwiJAgD3Y_7eUFOxyVH02kD0ACn5Q68Pn0oUpkUwMw5ucT-iYHiCqzj_zZtU9MP-Rbzy1FgJyFrnZv9fd/w469-h488/2009-SAMAsiaWoman.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Due to Seattle's notorious November drizzle, we held our 2009 throwdown in the now-closed observation deck of the water tower at the south end of the concourse. The guy, Gabi Campanario, gave us credentials to sign in to the blog he had just created for Seattle Urban Sketchers. He explained the manifesto. I immediately signed on and then volunteered to start a Facebook Page for the group. I was happily hooked on sketching and I was committed to driving the 120 miles round-trip for every outing I could. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOKfuws9hcsXqcoo-VbvPawcbjoTFnIdv49Zy8LNLothKRiKF1mIXE544KQAQx70AHhxqIb5JtZsg1nI0-v1O0txe3klQ_odc5jjEPTnxsEGqkNG2yLkmV6wiu7D0nevbYU0qikOUhe9A/s500/2009-ThrowdownShot.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOKfuws9hcsXqcoo-VbvPawcbjoTFnIdv49Zy8LNLothKRiKF1mIXE544KQAQx70AHhxqIb5JtZsg1nI0-v1O0txe3klQ_odc5jjEPTnxsEGqkNG2yLkmV6wiu7D0nevbYU0qikOUhe9A/w368-h276/2009-ThrowdownShot.jpeg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Group Photo at the Water Tower Observation Deck - Nov. 21, 2009</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've come to understand that this aspect--falling in love with what you see--is, for me, not only a side effect but a key component in the art of sketching. Frederick Franck, author of The Zen of Seeing calls it identification </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"To find the essence, the artist needs the grace to obey the reflex with ever increasing sensitivity, coordination, and freedom. The reflex begins in identification. I have to become the apple, then draw the apple, yet remain myself. What applies to the apple, of course, applies to a figure or a crowd. Where identification is missing, I stumble, and find I cannot draw a line." </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-<i> My Eye is in Love</i>, by Frederick Franck. </span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpIIhMuM40NqK4yecNREGy6Jruh1VLE_tDsdoSofWNdjWUGvWxSL9zKazHlHFmzCBNi8lsZeSu8OHOkxhHtFcE3RqNqAkokJgNlTOdB0O8PAwaCDn-o6VoCgvN8X_oZ3Wp2esaEeUnhet/s1500/2020-TlaquepaqueOldWoman.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpIIhMuM40NqK4yecNREGy6Jruh1VLE_tDsdoSofWNdjWUGvWxSL9zKazHlHFmzCBNi8lsZeSu8OHOkxhHtFcE3RqNqAkokJgNlTOdB0O8PAwaCDn-o6VoCgvN8X_oZ3Wp2esaEeUnhet/w382-h640/2020-TlaquepaqueOldWoman.png" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I find if I slow down enough to connect with what I'm drawing as I'm drawing it, my hand records what I'm seeing/feeling. <i>That </i>is the reward of drawing from life.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sure, I have grown as a sketcher over the past 12 years -- I've gotten better at remembering principles of composition, color theory perspective. But the real value for me is experiencing the activity of seeing/drawing/drawing. </span></div><div><div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r7AYoquEq812sTjGiUpS25PIO3Ug2pthqkAE2lPgoHdIhLRyAAAN-KEizg8FMlD7J_LtayTYRRezs6YUK5Mu4vhx4pYq09IJRGEvKq7T9eL_zXyg0KChr4UqZb1rMHZmbjcTo8NLdvsQ/s2048/MitchBDColor1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="2048" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r7AYoquEq812sTjGiUpS25PIO3Ug2pthqkAE2lPgoHdIhLRyAAAN-KEizg8FMlD7J_LtayTYRRezs6YUK5Mu4vhx4pYq09IJRGEvKq7T9eL_zXyg0KChr4UqZb1rMHZmbjcTo8NLdvsQ/w640-h370/MitchBDColor1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>2019 - A friend's 50th Birthday Party - Sunny's Bar, Red Hook Brooklyn. It was dark and I couldn't see what I was drawing. One of the most fun times I've had drawing at a restaurant/bar. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I hear people say it in many ways. They remember the whole experience of being on location--the sights, smells, sounds. When they look at old sketches the experience comes back to them with all the senses ignited. When they sketch it's like a meditation. They slow down; they're in the moment. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sounds like love to me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I sketch a lot now. It makes me feel alive. It rekindles my love of life. I've sketched in places I never thought I'd see. I've made connections with people who know what I'm talking about. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To honor this past twelve years with urban sketchers, I re-visited the location of my first sketch outing, Volunteer, that expansive Olmstead park on Capitol Hill in Seattle. I love the expansive park, Seattle Asian Art Museum, the Water Tower at the south end of the concourse, and of course, the Volunteer Park Conservatory which was modeled after London's Crystal Palace. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVki49e_4f8sk9EmOv6oxYeYnX6PvV5QNa_uurzHS12kG573sjJMPn5Vr85XZutRm1WT5XK43dgaCpn9quMwHQxqSWkDJAGWNN9P8t9UBFsrDs-c0weK3T0qRgKCXAUBOyhjojcxWdh0z/s1650/2021-FullPage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVki49e_4f8sk9EmOv6oxYeYnX6PvV5QNa_uurzHS12kG573sjJMPn5Vr85XZutRm1WT5XK43dgaCpn9quMwHQxqSWkDJAGWNN9P8t9UBFsrDs-c0weK3T0qRgKCXAUBOyhjojcxWdh0z/w508-h640/2021-FullPage.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When I visited the other day, it was unusually cold. I chose to draw some of the same subjects I had drawn in 2009. but took the most time with the Conservatory. It was a challenge. November nostalgia painted the skies grey, but the room of poinsettias tinted the windows. While I sketched I was totally focused. Until shivering took over, </span></span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwNX4-P7q3X_qX4da0RhVWWmYk4blFttOZcgy6vZXPqbyYI2FbK90DomzAl3XiNgBQeHAxwGRj2knE-kyVC-ngzIZbp0gZ9wqOLobaT4pd0UD8geeUUiG13v1oEfvMiz2nrurn-fwFXA0/s2048/2021-ConservatoryFullSpread.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwNX4-P7q3X_qX4da0RhVWWmYk4blFttOZcgy6vZXPqbyYI2FbK90DomzAl3XiNgBQeHAxwGRj2knE-kyVC-ngzIZbp0gZ9wqOLobaT4pd0UD8geeUUiG13v1oEfvMiz2nrurn-fwFXA0/w640-h400/2021-ConservatoryFullSpread.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I was in love . . . with yet another corner of the world. </span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://www.urbansketchers.org/2017/08/falling-in-love-with-world-one-sketch.html" target="_blank"><i>Falling In Love with the World, Part 1</i></a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-33074368740982888242020-06-08T12:59:00.001-07:002020-06-08T14:14:49.183-07:00Market shopping in Corona TimeI can deal with a lot of places being closed but I'm really happy that the Olympia Farmer's Market isn't one of them. 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The Olympia Farmer's Market has a long history. Ever since women gathered with the produce from their local victory gardens. In 1983 when I returned to Olympia after a 10 year absence, the farmers' market was a muddy path next to the local Shakey's Pizza on Plum Street in Olympia. From there it made it's way to the Yardbirds Parking lot. Some miraculous turn of events occurred and voila, the market stands in it's current location the westernmost end of Capitol Way--our own Lincoln Memorial.<br />
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I had a muffled chat with my line neighbors, a couple whose children went to elementary school with mine. Two young men monitored the entrance and exits relaying how many were exiting so the other could allow an equal number to enter. There was a traffic pattern, clockwise only, entrances to the stalls from either end only, not the middle. Handwashing station at the entrance.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SFZMwCOxJoBaoQXviJ1UXYh3rXSRopsjSiYY4d_I_pMTGaLNQdYD2itlVgwHKlkzPN7aKQ-rFqfNrNQlGk16YyQXEZT1NG_p-4F-bgbtUNXKky1TUhmD1qAqMc6OoNVsXFoCN9Wv158p/s2886/CoronaEntrance-Market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="2775" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SFZMwCOxJoBaoQXviJ1UXYh3rXSRopsjSiYY4d_I_pMTGaLNQdYD2itlVgwHKlkzPN7aKQ-rFqfNrNQlGk16YyQXEZT1NG_p-4F-bgbtUNXKky1TUhmD1qAqMc6OoNVsXFoCN9Wv158p/w614-h640/CoronaEntrance-Market.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJ0ez0iI_q-tm-Uz7kcxl_s2UX9NnL_kylsK0mmdjoMBqlFEx_ym-zwUN_jrwFFOwkj8PQqmFAuAylR1SoTUT7iPQgLaZQk-l7UF_r6d0IaRKYvFr2RJ-25F0XYw4yBoOUGkpjF51gDF_/s2754/CoronaExit-Market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2754" data-original-width="2308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJ0ez0iI_q-tm-Uz7kcxl_s2UX9NnL_kylsK0mmdjoMBqlFEx_ym-zwUN_jrwFFOwkj8PQqmFAuAylR1SoTUT7iPQgLaZQk-l7UF_r6d0IaRKYvFr2RJ-25F0XYw4yBoOUGkpjF51gDF_/w534-h640/CoronaExit-Market.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br />
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One vendor had built a mountain of early Walla Walla Onions- bulbous and begging to be drawn.<br />
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There were flowers, seeds, bread, tomato plants with flowers no less, cookies, baby apple trees, sausages and ribs and so much more. People did a decent job of keeping distant; most wore masks. The hardest part was staying alert to those who stopped mid-stream to contemplate a purchase.<br />
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For better or worse Olympians want to shop the market and I'm glad the city has found a way to accommodate both shoppers and vendors. Long live the market!<br />
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<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-22486607014171349182020-05-27T22:43:00.004-07:002020-05-29T14:38:58.669-07:00Dipping my toes into oil<div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-90409334773668495312019-11-10T21:00:00.001-08:002019-11-10T21:01:17.225-08:00Great Wolf Lodge <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday I joined the South Sound Urban Sketchers at Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound. I'd driven past the place many times and was aware of its attraction to families as an indoor water/amusement park. I didn't expect the huge lodge lobby with it's massive stone fireplace, cushy seating and collection of stuffed wildlife. I decided to sketch a montage rather than taking on the massive lobby space</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">And clearly visible from the lobby was the massive waterpark--waterslides, beach chairs, spouting water, a wave-pool, and hundreds of bodies scampering about in bathing suits and striped towels. When I walked in to the pool area, it was so warm and humid my glasses fogged up. Fortunately once my glasses warmed up the lenses also cleared allowing me to sit and sketch this stretch of indoor sunbathers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was all so impressive especially since we could walk through and sketch anywhere on site without having to pay anything. Now if I wanted to hop in the pool or stay overnight ...that's another story. Thanks to South Sound Urban Sketchers for arranging this fun sketch outing! </span><br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com1Grand Mound, WA, USA46.8080496 -123.0117113999999746.764575099999995 -123.09239239999997 46.8515241 -122.93103039999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-9051288237582235802019-11-08T13:04:00.003-08:002019-11-08T13:04:39.932-08:00Frederick Franck's Pacem In Terris<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When I was in the middle of raising three children I would
dream of having a studio where I could have uninterrupted time to do artworks.
Then I found <a href="http://www.frederickfranck.org/" target="_blank">Frederick Franck</a>’s book: </span><i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Zen of Seeing, Seeing/Drawing as Meditation</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and I learned instead to make
simple drawings, focusing intently on what was before me. That book by Franck -
</span><i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Awakened Eye</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and </span><i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Art as a Way, A Return to the Spiritual
Roots</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> were my touchstone to whatever shred of creativity I could muster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last year while visiting in Warwick, New York I was surfing
things to do nearby and to my astonishment came upon mention of Franck. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Pacem in
Terris is a trans-religious space created along the Wawayanda River in
Warwick, NY by Frederick and Claske Franck. It is "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One man's work of art that aspires to be an
oasis of quiet, of sanity, where spirit and nature may reconnect. It is
dedicated to what is Human in every human being</i>"<o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />I had to wait until summer to visit since it’s only open on
weekends from May through October, but it was definitely worth the wait. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOFo-jEzPcXnRFYUUb3H5fqGerqOoMFaszInmnTlw0zHwm0u3h8IpvduBLrqQwN9YXISl_SE2oJiDqIrWjNoGvov7_y7LgNG56SDRA5rAXSSVnNGLU7F5hIYqcMF7dnwGmGbDDwMOCJ8P/s1600/PacemInTerris3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOFo-jEzPcXnRFYUUb3H5fqGerqOoMFaszInmnTlw0zHwm0u3h8IpvduBLrqQwN9YXISl_SE2oJiDqIrWjNoGvov7_y7LgNG56SDRA5rAXSSVnNGLU7F5hIYqcMF7dnwGmGbDDwMOCJ8P/s640/PacemInTerris3.jpg" width="382" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The site is inconspicuous
from the road—no signage or grand entrance. Once inside it becomes an extension
of Franck’s drawings—intimate and rich with meaning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sits on the Waywayanda River (more like a
creek at that point) and has three separate entrances – one on either side of
the river and another across the road. I first entered where the former Franck
dwelling and some outbuildings sit on the east side of the creek. I was
delighted to find some of Franck’s actual drawings on display. There’s also a
small building with his stained glass of the Stations of the Cross and a video
room where you can watch Franck highlight his life story including the Pacem in
Terris project.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Several sculptures and a
labyrinth wind in and out of trees allowing you to meander along the riverbank
and contemplate the words of wisdom scattered in and amidst the sculptures.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the other side of the
creek sits the main building – a stone sanctuary completely dark inside save
one candle and a bit of natural light. And across the road another sculpture
garden and smaller meeting room are open for people to walk around. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The physical site is
impressive especially since a lot of it appears to be handbuilt with wood and
stone from the natural surroundings. The sculptures, mostly wrought iron, are
bold and dramatic often with a message spelled out in hand-cut letters. The
retreat site is dedicated to Pope John XXIII, Albert Sweitzer and D.T. Suzuki,
all super-respected leaders in their respective faith traditions.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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Franck’s drawings on display in the small gallery. I was taken back to my
original inspiration for drawing on location – it’s not about creating great artworks.
It’s simply about seeing and falling in love with the world.</span><br />
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<a href="https://collections.library.nd.edu/ed3192be75/outsider-at-the-vatican" target="_blank">This site</a> has a nice collection of some of Franck's work.<br />
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<a href="http://www.frederickfranck.org/pacem-in-terris.php" target="_blank">Pacem In Terris</a> - Warwick, NY<br />
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and my ears perked up when they mentioned Pine Island, NY, a small village just
a few miles from my daughter’s home in Warwick, NY. We’d been to a local winery
there, and driven though on our way to places beyond, but it never struck me as
anything special. But apparently Pine Island has some of the richest soil to
find anywhere; so rich, in fact that it’s known as the Black Dirt Region. The
dirt is the result of the deposits made by glacial lakes over 12,000 years ago.
After a very slow thaw the bogs collected rich minerals that feed the soil and
produce rich and intensely black dirt that’s especially suitable for growing
the ubiquitous onion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Being from Washington I associate onions with Walla Walla, but
apparently the Walla Walla can’t hold a candle to Pine Island onions. The
Planet Money team reported that back in 1955 an onion farmer, Vincent Kosuga, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">in Pine Island, cornered the market by buying
futures in onions – betting on a drop in price. He then purchased all the
onions he could from anywhere in the country and stashed them in warehouses.
Next he literally dumped the onions in the Chicago trade center, creating a
glut of onions causing the price to drop through the floor. Vince raked in over
8 million in 1955 dollars.</span></div>
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in to pass a law that prohibits purchasing onion futures, protecting onion
farmers from then till now. So onion farming is now still strong In Pine island. They
just had their annual Onion Festival complete with an onion eating contest – a
timed event to see which contestant can chomp their way through a raw onion the
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did find a plethora of onions at the farmer’s market in the neighboring village
of Warwick. The market was bursting with fresh onions - also corn, tomatoes, peaches and so
much more. And since Warwick and Pine Island are about an hour’s drive from
Woodstock, NY, our market visit was enhanced by Woodstock revival tunes played
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Western Flyer - John Steinbeck's escape into environmental science</td></tr>
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The shipyard next to Boat Haven Marina in Port Townsend is a
health and fitness clinic for big boats. The Hawaiian Chieftan sits on drydock.
Rumor has it that Pete Townsend’s yacht comes in for check-ups. Big cabin
cruisers, a shiny<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sky-blue 80 foot
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The star of the show these days, however, is the Western Flyer.<br />
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This eighty foot wooden former sardine fishing vessel,
originally named the Gemini, was the home of authorJohn Steinbeck and biologist
Ed Rickerts back in 1940 when they embarked on their 4-month long journey
documented in the book <i><span style="background: #dedfd5; color: #282828; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel
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camaraderie, or perhaps even refuge for John Steinbeck, who was at the time
under public attack for his novel Grapes of Wrath and it’s depiction of America
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Steinbeck and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rickerts hired <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Anton "Tony" Berry </span>and his fishing
vessel. Once in the
Sea of Cortez, habitat to an unmatched collection of sea flora and fauna, Steinbeck’s
attention was fastened to what he saw. He documented the unqualified
inter-dependence of sea-life, unwittingly writing the first supplementary
textbook for the study of ecology. The book documents the scientific findings
and tells the story through Steinbeck’s narrative. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Built in 1937 as a purse seiner, the Western Flyer, first fished
for sardines out of Monterey Bay. After the epic journey documented in the book
it returned to Monterey and continued sardine fishing until the early 50’s when
it went to Alaska as a fishing vessel. In the 60’s it fished in northwest waters, then caught
crabs in the 70’s. It changed hands several times during the next few decades
ending up in Anacortes where it hauled salmon to canneries. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In 2013 it was salvaged from the dregs of Puget Sound where
it had sunk twice during the previous winter. Several entrepreneurs made plans
to revive it for moneymaking purposes. Finally in 2015 it was purchased by a
geologist, John Gregg, with the dream to restore the vessel exactly as it had
been when it made the historic voyage that became the birth of today’s science
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It’s an awesome sight to see the work being done by <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op </span>to restore
the boat to its original state. Remnants of the original hull are stacked near
the warehouse. The skilled boat builders work long hours, steaming wooden
planks to shape the boat’s hull. Countless school field traipse through the shipyard
learning about the history of the boat and it’s role in exposing our planetary
interdependence. The owners expect the ship to be finished in 2020 and hope to
use it as a floating classroom for the study of marine biology. If you get a
chance to visit Port Townsend check it out. The site is open to the public and
welcomes visitors.<br />
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<!--EndFragment--><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com0Port Townsend, WA, USa47.373244815589494 -118.2952884609375126.423132315589495 -159.60388246093751 68.32335731558949 -76.986694460937514tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-20734220441421070772019-08-20T18:19:00.000-07:002019-08-20T18:21:41.092-07:00Take it or Leave it<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I first heard about Lopez Island’s unique trash collection
system, last summer when visiting the island with friends. We met Kate Scott,
an artist and long-time Lopez resident who, during the course of our visit,
showed us photos of the Trashion Show, an annual fundraiser for the Lopez Solid
Waste Disposal District. Although the show has retired along with it’s
coordinator, it is evidence of the creative community on Lopez. While visiting “The
Friendly Island” again this year we got a closer look at the story behind the
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It seems back in 2011, the San Juan County Council decided
to stop operating wast facilities on all of the San Juan Islands. They wanted
to contract with commercial carriers on the mainland – out of sight out of
mind. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lopez Island residents voted with
their signatures and pocketbooks, committing to establish their own district
and take care of their own trash. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Key to it’s success is SWAP – Solid Waste Alternatives
Program. SWAP is a non-profit dedicated to supporting the Solid Waste Disposal
District with supplemental funds. Their tagline: Reuse. Repurpose. Recycle. It
serves to educate the community on “responsible waste management practices
working towards zero waste.”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We came upon the solid waste disposal site while walking along
the road on our way from our boat to Lopez Village. I’ve never seen anything
like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, they have a giant free
store—“Take It or Leave It” where folks bring stuff they don’t want any more--stuff
you might give to Goodwill or donation center that runs a thrift store. On
Lopez people can just go pick out what they want. Volunteers accept and sort
the second-hand items, all usable, clean, to-good-to-toss. “It’s been open
since 2015”, the woman at the receiving table told me, “all run by volunteers.”
Islanders and even visitors can pop in and select what they want and walk away.
We found a sharp knife, a spatula—two items we forgot to bring on our boat—and
a small boat bumper for our bow. The place was as busy as our next stop, the
farmers’s market. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the market, SWAP runs a booth that sells skirts sewn from
recycled t-shirts and shopping bags made from plastic feed sacks. The booth was
staffed by all volunteers. one them, Kim Norton, current chair of the Board of
Directors, told me the story. “Every month I send out an email to about 40
people”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rents space at a local
church, sets out old t-shirts and patterns and people come to design and cut
the skirts. “We have a design party. People come and cut the t-shirts up and
design the skirts. Then we give them to volunteers to sew. All the money goes
to the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SWAP sponsors school activities educating students about
zero waste, earth day clean-up, and volunteer appreciation events. Their
proceeds helped purchase a backhoe for the disposal site, and equipment for a
“remake lab” and fixed holes in the road at the dump. They also fund a levy to
provide funds for the disposal site and provide a scholarship for a graduating
high school senior. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SWAP also sells “Junk Bonds,” created by local artists that
sell for $25.00 and are “not redeemable for anything”. One whose image I found
through Google sums it up, “Its not just a transfer station, It's a
philosophy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-66797451044278664812019-08-12T19:15:00.001-07:002019-08-12T19:15:12.960-07:00Salt Spring Saturday Market Surprise
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Friends have been telling me about the Saturday Market in
Ganges on Salt Spring Island, for years. What’s another market, I thought. Lots
of white tents, great produce, arts and crafts – what’s the big deal. But last
week while visiting the Gulf Islands we were fortunate to spend a few days in
Ganges and I was delighted that stay included a Saturday Morning. <o:p></o:p></div>
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white tents, red, blue and green sunbrellas, scads of shoppers and musicians
busking here and there. But as I moseyed my way around I was really impressed
by the quality of the goods. The jewelry was rich and varied from fine metal
work to beautiful tumbled glass and hand-crafted beadwork. The pastries were
everywhere—raspberry French tarts, croissants and pain au chocolate, crusty
breads, Montreal bagels. I bought a pear “danish” and savored every bite. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As if all of this wasn’t plenty, the absolute highlight of
my visit to the Saturday Market came by total surprise. As I entered the main
pathway, I saw a small table with cds and books featuring a Baby Beluga game.
Since we raised our kids on the song and sing it to our grandkids all the time,
I stopped and was checking out the books. The man at the table was chatting
with someone and I looked at him closely, then asked the woman next to me
incredulously, “Is that Raffi?” Sure enough. In person. Turns out he lives
there and has started a foundation called, “Child Honoring”. We chatted for
quite a while. I was so impressed with his serene and absolutely lovely
demeanor. He had no qualms when I asked if I could sketch him. I was over the
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<!--EndFragment--><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com1Kanaka Bay, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2T9, Canada48.85342109187593 -123.4944170330471148.599521591875927 -124.11239803304711 49.107320591875933 -122.87643603304711tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-87863261939038455342019-08-12T18:50:00.001-07:002019-08-12T18:53:00.266-07:00Ganges and Kanaka Bay - Salt Spring Island, B.C.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Indigenous people have been in the area for over 3000 years;
the town’s name has a connection with the holy Ganges in India. The counter
culture is alive and, as one writer said, spiritual healers have become an
invasive species. Seaplanes roar in and out of the harbor. There are loads of
contrasts on this, the biggest town on the biggest of British Columbian’s Gulf
Islands. But I was curious about the name of the bay - Kanaka.<br />
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It’s Hawaiian; it means “person” or “man”. But why this
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Company as immigrant laborers. Here in Salt Spring they were contracted for a
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So no Hawaiian artifacts, but the island lifestyle is
definitely evident. Lots of tourists, lots of boats, lots of music in open air
bars and restaurants. One of the more well known is Treehouse Café, with live
music nightly, indoor and outdoor seating and a giant tree growing right
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Strolling through town I passed the Courtyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bagels hung on string across the counter
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lower east side of Manhattan. I ordered one covered with lox and cream cheese. It
came with a yellow and orange pansy sitting on a hand hewn wood cheese board. Absolutely
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The bagel shop was a recent addition to the gallery, Hiro,
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who commissions woodworked objects in Indonesia and brings them to sell in his
gallery here on Salt Spring. His Japanese wife, Miro, manages the Montreal
bagels. Hiro and Miro. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Just across from the Courtyard is a shiny new airstream
mini, the home of Salt Spring Soft Serve. The owner Chris told me, “I mix
cocktails for a living.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He and his
family moved to Salt Spring from Vancouver B.C. two years ago. “We didn’t want
to raise our kids in downtown Vancouver.” For a while he commuted then just two
months ago, after testing recipes for his dairy free, coconut and oat milk
based soft serve, he opened his ice cream truck. “It wasn’t hard to go from
mixing cocktails to mixing sundaes,” he said. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We really just tapped the surface of this interesting
Canadian town and I hope to visit again.</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-26891964112942615772019-07-10T22:32:00.003-07:002019-07-11T16:43:52.605-07:00SLO Town, Slab Town and parts unknownIt's been over 36 years but we used to live in San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast of California. We still have good friends there and periodically meet up here, there or somewhere in between. In late May I had a good couple of weeks in the area staying with a friend and putzing around the county and points south.<br />
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Our friends own Sauer Adobe one of SLO's historic sites sitting just across the street from the Mission and just around the corner from the city's historic Chinatown district. Chinatown now consists of 3 buildings - Ah Louis Store, Mee Hung Low Restaurant and the brick candy store (now a real estate office.) The historic roots - Chinese, Native American & Spanish,-of these few square blocks tell the story of San Luis Obispo.<br />
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Chinese arrived in the area in the 1800's providing manual labor for two converging railroads. At one time there was a sizeable Chinese population, but time and racism drove most of them out. The main identifier is the old <a href="https://www.historyinslocounty.org/Ah%20Louis%20Store.htm" target="_blank">Ah Louis store</a>, founded in 1874 by Ah Louis of Hong Kong, as a grocery and general merchandise store, employment office, bank, post office and pharmacy for the Chinese population. Currently it serves as a retail outlet for an events producer.<br />
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Another favorite spot in town is the DelMonte Cafe sitting directly across the street from the Railway Station. The building opened as a barbershop in 1919 then served as the neighborhood grocery before a local family turned it into a thriving restaurant.<br />
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Another day we drove up to Cambria, originally a Chumash Indian site that sits between San Simeon/Hearst Castle and Morro Bay. Later it was known as Slabtown because its first buildings were made from rough slabs of wood. Now named Cambria, probably after a Welsh town, its a lovely village attracting visitors from all over the world.<br />
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Two years ago I was in NYC area for a couple of months. During that time I got to help out at the Big Apple BBQ - a fun, family friendly summertime event held in Madison Park which adjoins the Flatiron district with it's iconic tower. </div>
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Event producers invited BBQ superstars from all over the country to participate. I met so many BBQ greats. Among them the famous Mike Mills of 17th St BBQ in Murphysboro, and author of <i>Peace, Love and BBQ </i>and co-author of <i>Praise the Lard!</i>, Wayne Mueller from Louie Mueller BBQ, Taylor, Texas, Gary Roark of Ubon's in Mississippi, Sam Jones of Skylight Inn BBQ, Ayden, North Carolina and of course the reason for our visit, our son-in-law, Billly Durney of Hometown BBQ in Red Hook, Brooklyn. </div>
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Color is usually the thing that catches my eye the most and other than the characters on the streets, the layers and layers of posters on the telephone poles boasted a colorful contrast to the old brick buildings and grey skies.<br />
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I aborted my first attempt, something I don't usually do Instead I started over. So the left side page was a messy blotch of smeared watercolor and pencil; the right a more finished sketch. The next day I went back to Georgetown, found a pole with old posters. (I promise I didn't tear up anything posted after December 2018.) Keeping with the poster theme I decided to plaster my sketchbook with poster samples.<br />
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I moved on searching for another inviting scene and again the plastered posters caught my eye. Mingled with telephone poles and wires, freeway overpass and more brick buildings, it seemed if not quintessential, at least emblematic Georgetown. When we met up as a group I only had the line work done. I added color later.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-20336659451273297302019-03-12T16:08:00.000-07:002019-03-12T16:08:28.323-07:00Determined Enjoyment<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">It's been a long winter, and although I'm really grateful we haven't had snow and that I don't live in the midwest where the polar vortex is still spinning, it's been too damn cold for much outdoor sketching. Nonetheless, when the local sketch group organized an outing in Centralia last Saturday I decided to join them. Centralia is a little country, a little 1890's - a place where people go antiquing, non-Starbucks coffee drinking and brunching at the local McMenamin's. So I braved it and sat outside </span>with determined enjoyment, in the shade even to catch the signage and a bit of color. </span><br />
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Another day, I headed off to the Lower Eastside. It's such a wonderful mix of cultures all mixed together. A beautiful gem embedded in the middle of Chinatown sits the Eldridge Street Synagoue. I missed the NYC urban sketchers outing a week earlier where they went there. It sounded intriguing so I set out to find it on a cold NY morning. The museum wasn't open yet so I went hunting for a coffee shop. I found a Starbucks on the corner of Delancy and Allen warmed my hands as I drank my tea. Then turned around to see the busy corner. The yellow just popped out at me. </div>
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Once the synagogue/museum opened I found an intriguing history and a dark but beauriful interior. One of the more colorful stories included the time when the Jewish women in the neighborhood staged a massive protest when kosher meat went from 12 cents to 18 cents a pound. They interrupted a service at the synagogue and garnered a lot of media attention. And they managed to bring the price back down to 14 cents/lb.</div>
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In this sketch, I started with one of those well laid perspective plans, but I get too impatient. Not only that I couldn't actually see the structure very well due to glaring chandeliers,The synagogue is very proud of the chandeliers, which used to be gaslight lamps, but their glare didn't really light up the interior as much as hide it. I tried to sketch beyond the lights and didn't include them in my drawing. </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-81745474841110218202019-02-22T20:58:00.004-08:002019-02-22T20:58:47.849-08:00The Highline and the Whitney - good companionsI stayed an extra week in NY due to weather in Seattle. My house in Olympia had no power, so I wasn't about to go from cold to cold with no heat. As a result I got in a bit more sketching. I started off towards the Whitney in the Meatpacking District. The white sawtooth south face makes the new Whitney recognizable.<br />
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Before entering to see the Andy Warhol retrospective - a wonderful collection of his work. This was my favorite room - though there were many amazing pieces.<br />
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The "afters" was held at Murphy's pub around the corner where, New York USK style is to have everyone present their sketches show and tell style. Since I had missed their portrait party the previous weekend so I thought I'd throw in a belated offering, my tablemate, Linda Moses who had come to join urban sketchers for the first time. </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-90089908325388685782019-02-12T21:28:00.000-08:002019-02-26T21:29:58.442-08:00Brooklyn Coffee Shop peopleThe winter weather forced the opportunity to head indoors to sketch. And what better opportunity than to sketch people in coffee shops and subways. They're nothing special but I do really remember these people and the enjoyment I felt to get out and sketch.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-75163012073753139762018-09-05T23:05:00.000-07:002018-09-06T11:47:22.167-07:00Fado Singers of Portugal<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fado singers are a bonus takeaway experience from my trip to Portugal. The troubadours sang their music in operatic style in public squares. I don't know anything about Fado so I had to rely on wikipedia to inform me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wikipedia also connects fado with the Portuguese word <i>saudade. </i>The word <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">t has no direct translation in English but. the closest I found was that it expresses a deep emotion of missing something that you loved that is now gone. And historically speaking, apparently fado originated in Lisbon and Coimbra. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My first encounter with fado was at the Cathedral in Porto - Sé as it is commonly called. There on the steps was a trio of young men. Their garb makes them stand out - black suits and ties, each with a dramatic cape flung around their shoulders and across their torsos. </span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053584153193601483.post-81509118867742182742018-06-20T21:10:00.000-07:002018-06-20T21:11:09.269-07:0030x30 Direct Watercolor - June 2018I did these works using direct watercolor - no pen or pencil set up. It's a bit daunting to hold the loaded paintbrush above the white paper. But I just have to dive in with beginners mind and what feels a lot like being back in 4th grade.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I started at our farmer's market.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have a flat fountain in downtown Olympia. Ironically, in this waterfront town, it's one of the few public places to access water in warm weather. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to the farmer's market where this mother shared lunch with her children.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching people at Seattle Center.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did a preliminare sketch for this one to determine values. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From a photo of New Mexican.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden wheat fields in the hills above Walla Walla. From a photo. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quick sketch in the garden at Chandler Reach Winery outside Richland WA. Vivalia colors. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden on Cascadia Street, Mt Baker, Seattle, WA.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love Wolf Kahn's vibrant colors in his pastels and oil paintings. Thought I'd try out a bit of vibrant, complimentary colors. From imagination. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mioposto Restaurant from Mt. Baker Park, Seattle. </td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Contact info: janewingfield@gmail.com</div>Jane Dillon Wingfield: janewingfield@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887177898594761879noreply@blogger.com1