Which did you like better as a child? Christmas Day or Christmas Eve?
Okay I realize if you’re Jewish that question is meaningless and kind of annoying, but in my mind that is a question represents whether you are the kind of person who loves anticipating, planning and imagining how things are going to be or the kind who loves to actually get them/taste them/use them and see how they turn out.
I’m definitely the former.
Last year,watching Amy begin her masterpiece on Friday was my favorite day. She was so creative, friendly and fun that I was total fan-girl on the benches. I remember I stayed long enough to need shade and Jon brought me a canopy so I could see more dynamic unfolding at work. It all makes me excited about today, and not nearly as nervous about tomorrow as I should be.
But how could you NOT love this simple starting place?
Or where it leads?
This is a different design and a different year. Last year she started at the top and did the landscape and wildlife first saving the beavers mostly for the festival. This year she’s doing the round mandala and there’s no way to draw the beaver last because pastels don’t appreciate being sat on. Less landscaping and more rewilding. Who knows how this will unfold?
I also found out yesterday that beaver heroine, maker of the amazing beaver-and-fire film and now-assistant professor at Cal State Channel Islands is FLYING IN specifically for the festival! Yesterday I sent her Rob Waltons fantastic article in the Oregonian and said she needed to write one for California. And guess what she replied? That she would be and that part of her thinking in coming to the festival is looking for collaborators.
To which of course I replied MEMEMEMEME!
She also said she’d be bringing one of my google VR headsets for virtually visiting beaver ponds if anyone wants to try it!!!!
Poor woman. I’m sure she has zero idea how popular she will be!
I just looked up that pond and saw that her CV is on line and mentions the pond being reported on the WORTH A DAM website. Good lord, I need to be careful of my horrific typos and slapdash humor. I always forget this website gets read.
Type like nobody else is watching my irish grandma would say! If in fact I had an Irish Grandma.
Here’s a friendly reminder of why we love Emily:
And if you need it, here’s a friendly reminder of why we love Amy.
