Re-settling

I have about three weeks until I travel again and have been stymied by my own mix of backlog, a bodily need to Do Nothing, and spring desire to be out in the world (while knowing I have to be alone working because that's what the work requires). It took three weeks to make gampi paper after prepping fiber, embarrassing. As underbeaten as the fiber was, it felt good to be back in my element, and the bad fiber prep forced me from a hanji setup to a western setup with my new refurbished British mould. More discoveries!

Being home for a bit means that I can get back to the grand and already fruitful experiment of teaching jiseung to a 10-yo. She is catching on quickly and I am realizing that in this particular relationship and family dynamic, I can teach in a totally different way, which is freeing. I'm on the cusp of a lot of change and it's probably why I feel like a tangled mess of hair lately: too many transformations fighting for attention. Trying to cultivate the patience to comb out one bit at a time instead of cutting it all off.

Also, I love the theme of the show I'm part of in CT.