Maria finally deigned to show me her new quilt, I think she used to call it the Raptor Quilt, now she is thinking of calling it the Vulture Quilt. It is quite a remarkable thing, filled with symbolism and mysticism and animalspeak. She spent the past few days adding words and text below the eyes.

When I first saw this quilt, it frightened me a bit. Now I find it enchanting and deeply, deeply, spiritual. She has been reading and thinking and walking about this quilt, connecting it to animals, feminism, ancient symbols, stories and words and dreams – and most recently, to the vulture, a very powerful animal symbol. But she can tell you about that. She wrote about it today and will soon  offer it for sale.I love seeing this creative process unfold, it is deep and powerful and inspiring.