I love visiting LA. It's a big city but I am familiar with navigating a big city so it feels familiar but new at the same time.
In LA, I am single, without child or dog, live in a nice apartment with no 'stuff' (AirBnb) have a driver (Lyft), do the social parts of work (not the actual get-your-hands-dirty and stress about juggling all the different facets of work) hang with some very old dear friends and also with some new friends. I hike, do yoga and eat well. My alternate universe! I get to have a sense of discovery....and the sun shines!
This past October, I was there for the Lawson-Fenning Collabs in Clay event to launch their collaboration tables with 5 different ceramicists- myself, Victoria Morris, BZippy, Beth Katz & Jonathan Cross. My collaboration tables are solid white oak slotted bases holding thick hand painted stoneware drums.
I did Yoga at a great studio Roam. A poster of Krishna was at the front of the room and I locked into his eyes & colors. Colors that I don't usually get drawn into- baby blues, soft pink...he was emanating a kind of beautiful warm welcoming Love.
In Hinduism, Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, is the god of compassion, tenderness, and love, and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities. I think of him as a protector of LIFE that is to be lived. A feast for your eyes and your heart.
Thank you LA, Lawson-Fenning, & Roam.
