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With the work in the Grove and business stuff I haven't been able to work on the sculpture of Tara Drolma this week. I've been working a bit with the loom as it's been awhile so I could make sure it is still ready for weaving. It works just fine! I've been trying to figure out how to make the thread strong enough so it can be used for the warp threads that stretch the length of the loom; it turns out the best way will be to ply a few thinner thread together in the same way as the threads of the backstrap. It's really difficult to spin fine thread though in that you have to be careful not to get it tangled up on the spindle. When I went to take it off it got all snarled up into quite a mess! We'll probably end up using the regular store bought thread for the warp threads for awhile, then use a mixture of fibers such as silk and cotton spun into thin threads that can be plied together. I have discovered that someone had begun putting junk on the bulletin board so I had to change things a bit until I could figure out how to clean them up. Yeshe Tsogyel Padmasambhava had to work against misused energy; so must we! The small frustrations and tough spots are all part of our figuring things out anyway. I haven't yet bought the video camera yet but there will be lots to do when it arrives.


	Through My Eyes * With the work in the Grove and business stuff I haven't been able to work on the sculpture of Tara Drolma this week. I've been working a bit with the loom as it's been awhile so I could make sure it is still ready for weaving. It works just fine! I've been trying to figure out how to make the thread strong enough so it can be used for the warp threads that stretch the length of the loom; it turns out the best way will be to ply a few thinner thread together in the same way as the threads of the backstrap. It's really difficult to spin fine thread though in that you have to be careful not to get it tangled up on the spindle. When I went to take it off it got all snarled up into quite a mess! We'll probably end up using the regular store bought thread for the warp threads for awhile, then use a mixture of fibers such as silk and cotton spun into thin threads that can be plied together. I have discovered that someone had begun putting junk on the bulletin board so I had to change things a bit until I could figure out how to clean them up. Yeshe Tsogyel Padmasambhava had to work against misused energy; so must we! The small frustrations and tough spots are all part of our figuring things out anyway. I haven't yet bought the video camera yet but there will be lots to do when it arrives. please click here to continue... * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.