I just passed a most delightful birthday with my Santa Fe family, outdoors, in 45 degrees, with coats and coconut cake baked by my eldest granddaughter; other dear grandchildren heeded my request to donate to the local not-for-profits I support here in Santa Fe. The most popular one was Muchas Madres and I hope my readers will look it up. Even if you live far away, this little group is worth knowing about.
My eldest son gave me a woman’s breastplate from nineteen century India, worn by a princess trying to drive out the British colonizers. More about that later.
And so it seems particularly appropriate that my birthday was also the day I learned about the pink seesaws that had been inserted in gaps in the notorious, now stopped, border wall near Juarez. The seesaws were only left in place as an art installation for one day, but the project recently won the 2020 Beazley Design of the Year by London’s Design Museum—and for that day, children on both sides of the wall could play together.
So let us all laugh and rejoice, for a new day is dawning.
[For more on Teeter Totter Wall (2019), visit The Art Newspaper.]
Sarah Gorham says
Love this!
Elizabeth says
Your weekly posts inspire me to think, question, and appreciate the many textures, patterns and colors that fill our world. Happy birthday, dear Sallie!