**3. The spaces for practicing**

The house patio is the primary space that the Campos family uses for their trade, first for its openness and secondly for its tranquility. It has a rectangular shape, balanced by the surrounding construction that breaks from the uneven rhythm of vegetation everywhere else one looks. The walls of the rooms that make up the building that the family calls home flank the area. From the front, one can find the little shop that they attend to from a window, and next to it, to the left, is a place where the elderly rest. Nearby are the dining area and kitchen. Perpendicularly, on the far left, in the corner of the patio you find Leticia's room and a place for prayer. Adjacently, another room is used for meal prepping, with a makeshift ventilation for smoke from the fireplace, and next to this is a walkway to enter and exit the complex. A building with two floors that protrudes at the back on the right side where Ramon resides. Since Ramon is also a traditional medic and inspector for the town, this building also houses an office and a waiting area. This building is separated from the embroidery scene of the patio by large flowerpots of different sizes, some steps and by a translucent roof that filters light, providing shade and a cooler temperature than that of the patio. Some walls are made of block and others of adobe. They reveal a history in each room. The care of the construction work, different in each wall, as well as the selective application of paint and ironwork, help us assume that each investment reveals the hierarchy of every family member and the spaces they inhabit.

It is evident that the patio I refer to here sets the scene for many acts. It participates actively in various practices that can sometimes unfold in parallel, simultaneously, consecutively and even confusedly. On that instance, for example, during the intergenerational embroidery scene, next to the basket of threads that were being used at that time for stitching, another basket rested with the grains of the cobs that, perhaps, days before, had been shelled in that very same place. Or even then, when we focus our attention on the center of the patio and look up, we notice overhead the hanging lines with recently washed clothes dripping onto the floor. One can infer that some of the family members, if not all of them together, were washing them there that same morning.

The practice of embroidering also takes place in other scenarios as other activities are taking place. Rosa assures us that some of the older family members have developed the ability to sew and stroll at the same time. They take advantage of the time it takes to get from one town to another to catch up on their embroidering. In addition to dominating their technique, these people, who know their routes well, have developed a kinesthetic sense to the point of not tripping or falling, all while not missing a single stitch despite all the ups and downs of the irregular paths. It is also common to observe in community meetings, like school meetups or religious celebrations, how mainly women can both attend the event while also maintaining their focus down on the sewing hoop upon which they are working.

Although a large part of these actions take place with one's hands, good vision is imperative. For that, the Campos family recognizes the importance of light to be
