Oasis Albuquerque July 11, 2019

Partway through yesterday, I was having some second thoughts. I gave a basic intro. on technique and materials, but only a little bit on design. I think some of them felt like I'd pushed them in a lake and said Sink or Swim. Some frustrated grumbling, others paralysed with indecision about where to start, some scrapping their original complicated designs in favor of Just-Get-This-Done . A lot of muttered self-loathing.

Once again I wondered if I should have passed out the same design to everybody and had us all do the same thing, step by step, together?

But again, it came together. Individual, unfettered creativity and resiliency prevailed! Some very nice work.Read more