After the show--Walking the Golden Path

After the show, I was totally exhausted. Took two days to just curl up on the couch and read before I could even think about next steps--even steps I  had planned ahead of time!

I had some good things happen as part of walking the Golden Path. Last Wednesday, I interviewed for a temporary part time job--and got it! Got some good feedback on my application for the Washington State Arts Commission Teaching Artists Roster (which was not accepted), and sold 27 cards for more than I was asking and for cash! 


The local bookstore, Books by the Way bought my cards, many of which feature some of the images from my show. Feed back on my show has been Very Very good. Although not a lot of people show up for First Friday Art Walk at Vashon Community Care Center, a good many people stop in to see their parents or grandparents who live there, and see the art then.

More on the Teaching Artists Roster when I have had time to process things better.

Save the Dates!

The Vashon Tea Shop
Presents silk paintings by Suzanna Leigh, based on her experience in China and the Chinese folk tales and poetry she learned there.


Sunday, February 21st, 3pm
Presenting photos and discussion.
Chinese New Year’s treat and Dragon Well tea
$10. Limited seating.

Traveling with Xiao Ning gave me the opportunity to hear her stories of the cultural revolution, and family stories from that time and before. I met her sister, Li Xiao Yen, and her parents. Li Xiao Yen was a communist party chairman before she retired. Xiao Ning’s father was on the Long March, and her mother is a descendant of the Qing dynasty. Wonderful people, all.

My vision for this time is that some in the audience will have been to China and will contribute to the discussion, so that we all can develop a better understanding of the people and culture of this great nation—and perhaps of ourselves as well.