Subsistence Farming - Hawaii

Kath just turned 50 and my gift to her when she comes in January for a visit will be an art piece. i will crate a shallow wooden box, paint the inside surface with a face. i will purchase a beautiful simple gold chain bracelet and attach it to the face above the third eye, like a head band. then Kath and i will spend a week exploring the island and exploring her life and create, find charm like symbols of her life. each charm will represent an image she has about herself. one might represent herself as a fiber artist, one a mother, one an able bodied woman, one a business owner, one a good friend… as we reach a point in our lives where these images begin to fall away, so must our attachment fall away. we will use tie wire (very temporary metal wire) to attach these charms (which dangle in front of the eyes, symbolically). then time will let them fall away and the eyes will be able to see with a different clarity. And the gold chain, the essence of her, will never tarnish.