Japan Society of Fairfield County
Still Mountain Center
Sculpture Garden Party
Weather once again tried to spoil a
JSFC event, but was foiled with the traditional countermeasure of a
teruterubouzu. Japanese children
make these small dolls the day before an event to insure good
weather. In spite of a week of rain, our event
escaped
the rain with the help of our friend to the left. At nearby
Bull's
Bridge a torrent was going under the covered bridge. This was
excess storm water that was
diverted from CL&P's hydroelectric plant.
Still Mountain Center is in the wilds of Connecticut, near Kent, on a
15
acre site which abounds in gorgeous scenery including a mountain, lake,
and a stream with a beaver dam. The event began around 10 AM with a
volunteer work party clearing the
sculpture garden path. The mountain laurel was still in
bloom. A picnic lunch followed at noon. After lunch our
cultural activities began with a koto performance and tea ceremony lead
by our newest member Hiromi Kubo and held in the second floor
meditation room at Still Mountain Center.
Joy Brown led us on a tour of Still Mountain Center including
her pottery studio and Japanese style Anagama kiln. She
apprenticed as a potter in Japan and recently her ceramic tile bas relief, “Song of Life,” was
installed in the corridor/waiting room area of the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit of Yodogawa Christian Hospital in Osaka near where
Joy grew up as a child. Below, some of Joy's newest
creations await firing in the kiln at the far left.
Joy Brown's web site
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