Looking through a glass brick in the late afternoon the bending light was animating in random patterns dependent on where I allowed my eyes to gaze. All weekend I’ve been kind of random in my studies of everything from the beta Eurorack module I’m testing to exploring Allegorithmic’s Substance Painter 2018, Blender addon Speedflow and Wazou’s RMB Pie Menu to learning more about Hedgehog Connect that allows Blender and Substance Painter to exchange texture data. I set up my Wacom tablet after years of it sitting unused in anticipation of me putting it back to use. A Mocha Pro for After Effects tutorial was neglected, but Caroline and I hit the halfway point in the book she’s reading to me in the car: “The Silk Roads: A New History of the World.”

Caroline’s weekend played out by her meeting with a few other women to look at block design and profile drafts, terms that relate to weaving. She’s also been working on a crochet project that has to do with the art installation “Arizona!” that will premiere this November at the Scottsdale Canal. Her 8-shaft floor loom also figured in her activities as she’s been exploring a weave structure called Summer and Winter for the making of coasters. If that wasn’t enough fiber-related stuff she even found time on her spinning wheel to make yarn while she boned up on her German while talking to her mom in Frankfurt, Germany.