Yesterday, this doll starting giving me THE LOOK. They have been six weeks with no clothes and person was tired of standing around nekkid.
Person started trying to find clothes to wear out of the rag bag, but that first dress was too tight! Person would have been grouchy all day if they were squeezed up in that dress.
Then person squeezed into a little yellow top and ran off to pose among the cempasuchil. With no pants!
Then person jumped into my project bag as Luz and I headed out to the Abuelita Medicine workshop at Galería de la Raza.
Once we got there, I decided person needed some clothes and started making them a skirt. And then a little boy came up and totally wanted this doll, and I was all like, I would give them to you, but they're not finished yet! Their dad--an artist--tugged the child away, while also imparting a lesson about how crafting with your hands calms your spirit so you could sit still.
By the end of the workshop, the person was clothed and had hair, but the child had gone home, their little sister was just too tired to make it through the second workshop!
Lesson learned: when munequerxing in public, always have a ready-made doll to share if the appropriate child comes up!
PS: Luz says person has the best hair yet!
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