On Thursday afternoon, when Nanette Wylde and Kent and I were installing the show DOLLED UP at Gualala Arts Center, there was a huge pause in the activity and we all seemed to have the same thought at once - the show did not have enough in it. Nanette asked me if I had some of my dolls that could be shown and I nodded in agreement as I rushed out the door to drive home. In a blur I grabbed boxes out of cupboards, took works off the walls and shelves in the living room. As I shoved the last box into the trunk, it was as if someone spoke and told me to take the roll of white paper.

Back at the art center Nan & Kent seemed delighted with the new-to-them works but wondered how to get all those bits and pieces on pedestals that did not mimic Signe's work in the other corner. Suddenly I began to crush paper and pull it up into the corner. Kent immediately got my drift and began to help by nailing it in place. Within minutes three long strips of paper were waterfalling over pedestals and we began to play with the dolls. You can see some are sliding down the falls, others are marooned on rocky islands and some even dribble up on to the shore of the gallery carpeting. It was one of those delightful moments when the art takes over and becomes itself.