Supreme Act of Courage

Whenever I start painting a new shibori piece, it requires a supreme act of courage to actually put the dye on the fabric. I mean, I've just hand woven this fabric and now I'm going to take the risk to dye it in the way that I imagine it will turn out -- all the while knowing that, surprise being what it is, there's no guarantee at all that in the end I'll get what I imagined I would.

And so I go onward...