On the canvas in front of me,
working on an isolated area of intricate design.
Remembering Gudrid the Far-Traveler,
the Norse woman who settled in Vinland
in about the year 1000.

The colors of the Viking textiles.
Mathematical knowledge to create the patterns.
The strength it took to work the Viking looms.

[ Paths of Memory and Painting]
[when the foreground meets the background]