Dragons, Nagas, and velvet oh my!

I went to the Textile Museum, yesterday on a date with Danny. Yes, the man I met at the Rock N' Roll Hotel and who I cannot disassociate with the name Danny Rock N' Roll even though I now know his real last name.

Anyway, it was my second time at the museum, and incidentally enough my second date with the man in question.

There are currently two exhibits at the Textile Museum. They are Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles/Woven Art of Central Africa and Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep in honor of the East Asian calendar's year of the dragon. 

Last time I went to the museum the dragon exhibit wasn't open so I spent my time pouring over the geometric skirts, baskets, rugs, etc. of the Kuba Kingdom. The exhibit will only be there until February 12th so if its something that interests you I highly recommend you get a move on. Between the two exhibits it was my preferred.

The Dragon, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep exhibit is much smaller than the Kuba one. 20-30 minutes is more than enough time to see everything. Although it is small it was not an unpleasant use of time. My favorite piece was a velvety scrap of two brothers hurling boulders at a group of dragons that had surrounded them. I have a fondness for anything that helps me to imagine a story and that velvety bit certainly did.