Sunday is cloth purchasing day. I spent the morning working on notes for some lectures I will be conducting. Then I took the next three background designs and made a list of colors I needed so that we can work on them this week.Kristeen and I head to the Sunday book fair. She picked up a couple of paper backs, and I found an interesting anti war children’s book and a book on lighting setups for product photography, which I felt would be helpful for my lighting experiments for the puppets. I dropped her back then took a bunch of luggage via rickshaw to our friend’s place where we will likely work from for the next month.The rickshaw driver was a friendly guy that I have ridden with a few times. As it happens from time to time, when I told him where I was going and asked how much, he just replied by saying whatever I wish. Once we got there, he helped me unload my things, then gave me some advice regarding living cheaply. It was just a friendly bit of looking out. I appreciate these simple every day conversations with people. Things can be really crazy and hectic here. At times people are rude and other times people can be very friendly. Sometimes you can connect to that side of a person by being friendly. It’s tough when you are tired and have dealt with a bunch of rude and difficult behavior and life stresses, but that’s what everyone around you is going through too.I picked up some cloth from Imran’s collection, hung out for a while, then caught a rickshaw to the Landa Bazaar. Once again, I sifted through piles of assorted cloth, looking for interesting pieces in the colors I wanted. The task was made so much easier thanks to Umar’s help the previous week. This time, I knew where to go. I started by purchasing a few smaller pieces, which were also the lowest in cost. For most colors, I don’t need a full bed sheet’s worth, but sometimes that is what you find. It is still cheaper than getting a yard or so of cloth elsewhere. I ended up getting a few pillow covers which we can open up and use for skys, some blankets and assorted pieces of cloth with interesting textures and colors. It is a little challenging as unlike in painting, I can’t quite create a color exactly as I want it. I have to figure out whether I need a cool, warm, saturated, desaturated color and see what I can find that best matches that. It is also quite cool to explore and find colors and textures that I would not have thought of.In the evening, my friend Kabir dropped by and we had some pizza. It is interesting how the pizza I have had here so far never has any marinara sauce. It was fun to catch up. I am fascinated by his work of finding and selling rare books. He knows all the spots to hunt down books. He had recently returned from a trip to Karachi with a large number of them. There’s a Shah Latif book that I have placed on his list as well. I hope it can be found eventually.