Three Fates at the Edge of the Garden of Eden Howardena Pindell Above the canoe appears a

Above the canoe appears a head derived from sacred Maya numeration

that this journey of discovery would have on my ensuing work

" I scanned Chinese cabbage leaves directly (not the photograph

out of the fog —a tug boat pushing a barge appeared

Three Fates at the Edge of the Garden of Eden Howardena Pindell Above the canoe appears aFrom the Artist This print combines two mythsthe Garden of Eden and the Three Fatesto question the relationship between action and fate. The first stitch the fates took in their weaving was Eve taking a bite from the apple. Or was the decision to accept the snake's offer of knowledge what set in motion the three fates weaving of possibilities? Three Fates at the Edge of the Garden of Eden suggests the point in an individual's life when knowledge and