California Fibers’ members respond to Textile Arts Los Angeles’ Textile Month 2021, thinking about the artist’s role in subverting established ways of seeing-being; how artists help us move toward a future we cannot even imagine; or artists as a critical force in navigating cultural change. From this, we asked our artists, what is the difference between perception and understanding? Are they linked or are they a path from one to the other? Each artist approached these ideas in a different way. The video below includes artists’ statements.