Thinking more about collaborations after working so much with other artists. Now in San Francisco working with patients and with poets. Working with patients is amazing. The infinite possibilities of language continue to astonish me. On Wednesday when I was listening to the people participating in my workshop, I could not stop smiling. It was stunning to witness their creativity.


 The reading I've done in preparation for these classes has led me to discover great new poems, and on-line resources about poetry and collaborations with poets. It makes me thing of my book arts days and the hilarious days of working with Irving Feldman, how we giggled like kids at words that came our way, gurggled up almost incomprehensibly through laughter and beyond.

This collaboration between quilters and poets is also interesting: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5946

Ruth Asawa and her views on art in education:  She's spot on.  There's a documentary showing at the deYoung museum that I'd like to see.