Maria invited me into the studio this morning – I rarely go in there without an invitation, this is her sacred space – and I was startled to see this new figure she was creating, which is not a quilt or hanging piece but a mystical figure with a head piece of buttons sitting on a staff.

The inspiration was from ancient mystical figures of worship, but Maria won’t say much more about it, she is still working on it. There is a different face on the other side. I appreciate Maria’s amazingly inventive mind, she is going back to work after the disruption of the Open House. I was speechless, but it has gotten into my head.