Koi Quilt Water Weave

LOOKING AT A DRAFT OF HER KOI QUILT MOVIE

Karen says, I object to two things.

Your saying I was a gift to the community,

and that long drive into the farm.

Do you really think anyone will watch

long enough to see the quilt?

You wouldn't let me

talk to people about you that way.

Was there anything you like, I ask.

There was, she says. I liked the interview.

For me, I add,

water will never be the same.

Jim Bodeen

24 September 2016

Karen's journey to Emandal Farm

outside of Willits, California

with Landscape Quilter Laura Fogg

during Art Week. Karen's quilt was inspired

by images of her photography

while at Japanese Gardens, Portland, Oregon