Page 20 RAIN December 1978 GOOD THINGS Planning a Town Garden, Jacquey Visnick, 1978, $6.95 from: Quick Fox 33 West 60th New York, NY 10023 W often talk about "making where you are a paradise," and here's a bit of a how-to. Not vegetable gardens, these, but flowers and terraces and sitting nooks- all very dcsigny and quite nice. - LdeM The Wizard's Eye, Visions of American Resourcefulness, Jim Higgs and Charles Milligan, 1978, 103 pp., $8.95 from: Chronicle Books 870 Market St., Suite 915 San Francisco, CA 94102 slightly slicko, slightly crazy, mainly California idea book firmly rooted in the undeniable fact that much of America's creative future lies in the refuse, scrap heaps and assorted recyclable paraphernalia of its past. Crammed with artful and enterprising ways to recycle darn ncar anything, from rent-a-wreck auto lots to temples f inewy cedar erpents to funk-tech beer can olar collectors (that work) LO the remodeled fuselage of a DC-7, 'rhe Wizard '.~ Eye leaves no doubt that we need look no farther than the junk box or firch pile for the high-ffonticr. hey've gOt all the fixin 's. - SA On the Theatrical Side Eric Wolf is an excellent puppeteer with a show on nuclear power. Before seeing his show, I thought puppet shows were cute things for kids- now I know better. You should be able to get in touch with him c/o Boston Clamshell, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140. The New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution has a mobile " Great New England Energy Show." For information and scheduling, write them at Box 637, Brattleboro, VT 05301. -Walter Epp, San Francisco. from Palm Leaf Patterns Another energy play was pointed out to us by our friend Walter Epp. called "The Atomic Fools." This one's on videotape and either the play or the tape (I'm not quite sure which) is available through the Oystershell Alliance, P.O. Box 4407, New Orleans, LA 70178. Portland's own Family Circus Theater Collective has been updating and performing their important statement on urban housing, old folks , power structure. They also have in their rep' ertoire a piece on nuclear power. They're planning a national tour this spring and might be coming your way, so contact them for booking information and don't miss them! (221 S.E. 11th, Portland, OR 97214,503/236-7270) -LS Palm LeafPatterns, Margaret Fisher. 1977, $4.95 from: Panjandrum Books 99 Sanchez St. San Francisco, CA 94114 It's wonderful when books become more than books, extensions of themselves. Based on ancient Palm Leaf manuscripts where literature and art are illustrated on palm leaves, the spiral-bound pages of this book come apart and become pattern pieces containing mythological illustrations and information on breathing in relation to clothing, relaxation, energy flow- to make Palm Fu pantslovely Chinese folk pants. Spirituality, yoga come together with clothing design here in a very wonderful way, to create clothing that harmonizes our spirits and bodies. It looks a bit slick at first, but get beyond that and enjoy. -LS BELLY, THE BIRTH CENTER She who offered her generous belly W e surrounded the woman who held her swollen beIly in two hands. The warm air and bright sun in this desert of sounding peace welcomed our pilgrimage, come to bring fe~tility to barren land. In our midst her shadow touched each of us. It was a dark and primitive shadow carved by the dark hands of the world. Its gesture of generosity was accented by the silence and we moved in closer to breathe of her breath and be bathed by her radiance. Strung together on an imaginary umbilical .cord. we responded like Christmas lights of the desert sky. ~~ .;,~ from Palm Leaf Patterns
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