Dear Friends,
To close out the year, I wanted to share another collage of photos from my recent trip to Cuba. I am still being inspired by the colors, art and music of this island nation…a little sad knowing that things will change quickly as relations between Cuba and US are normalized…but excited that I get to go back in the spring, to capture more of these photos! (Perhaps you can join me!)
Over the years, we’ve had occasional Cuban Jazz bands come to perform here in Boulder, and they inevitably explode into a swirl of salsa dancing in the aisles of the concert hall. I’ve been playing the music of Tito Puente and the Buena Vista Social Club while working in my studio, and I always seem to have a pot of beans soaking overnight in my ongoing quest for the perfect batch of Cuban Black Beans. (I think I converted the kids with the last batch.)
For many of us, the arts are a celebration of Life. Music, Visual Arts, Dance, Cuisine…these are all ways to express Joy, Passion, Curiosity, Ambition, Hope, and so many other aspects of being Human. What a gift, that we can give these things to ourselves and others! In the photo collage above, you see musicians, and also some of the artwork at the Crafts Center in Old Havana. The paintings are bold and bright, like the salsa and rhumba music heard everywhere in the streets of Havana.
Thank you for all the very kind letters that we have received this year. Providing this service to you is a great joy for us, and it is an honor to make a living by choosing, cutting and shipping all the beautiful fabrics that flow through our warehouse.
It is also a great joy to be able to share these creative inspirations with you each week, and I hope that these images and ideas have helped to stretch your creative repertoire. We look forward to serving your needs in 2016, and we hope you can dream those big crazy dreams and create with wild abandon and an open heart.
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