The pages of this journal lay protected in plastic bags, in boxes, in my studio for a year. The Japan Information Center has graciously offered to display this SaitamaJournal.  Each of the drawings records an event that came as a gift to life long learning. Presents need to be wrapped accordingly, so I searched for appropriate, well made framing materials. This sketch records a visit to a frame warehouse looking for what is called "frame lengths." These come in long strips of differently cut and decorated lumber as they bend and reach toward tall ceilings. The hard part is to find frames that resonate with the art work. The frames, if assembled carefully and well, will protect and present for many years to come.