Joe and Charles, FYI I wrote and marketed a computer weaving design program called Mindweave when I was running my software business prior to my current ancient art business...
Edgar On Apr 13, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Joe wrote: > Charles, > > Greetings, and welcome to the Group. > > You and I have the same practice in Shikantaza. > > Long-time practitioner here, and wood-butcher and sawdust maker. > > Interesting that you do weaving and have a loom. With my fascination with > wood and wooden things, I'd probably stare in awe at the loom all day and > never get any weaving done, or I'd simply build looms. I have only seen ONE > in-person, though. Do you have a link you could refer me to which might show > a similar or identical loom to the one you use? Just want to admire, not > looking to build one; many projects in the air here already ...and dust. > > To me looms look as beautiful as Celtic or other harps. Similar, too. ;-) > > With greetings from the desert, > > --Joe > > > "Charles" <gee512@...> wrote: > > > > I live near Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. I have the odd > > combination of being devoted to Zen and the Pagan way of life. My Zen > > practice is of Shikantaza after the Soto School and the Pagan aspect means > > that I follow the yearly round of my ancestors. > > > > At age 70+ I have seen much of Northern Canada and recently arrived in the > > South to be near medical facilities. My main pursuit is Soumack weaving on > > a very fine scale which comes from living in the restricted space of a > > condominium. There is no room for a full size loom so I work on a mini one. > > > > Blessings be! > > > > Charles > >
