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and twenty cross stitches representing the children, young and grown, left behind by the nine who lost their lives at Emanuel ...
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this piece of Hearts for Charleston feels done ...
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I'll sleep on it, of course. But the cloth is already so freighted with symbolism (intended and unintended alike) that it doesn't feel right to add any more to it.
Thanks again to Dee Mallon for enabling me to take this journey through sadness and wonder. I have learned much along the way.
And to Deb Sposa's students: art, craft, creativity (whatever name you choose to give it) has the potential to change you in ways you can't imagine. It is worth every moment spent in pursuit of what you feel called to do.
And to Deb Sposa's students: art, craft, creativity (whatever name you choose to give it) has the potential to change you in ways you can't imagine. It is worth every moment spent in pursuit of what you feel called to do.
It holds so much CARE in the form of symbolism, and yet, the design and look is elegant, inviting and just wonderful. I'll email you my address. I will be linking to this post and earlier ones as we get closer to a finished piece. Your process has been so inspiring to watch.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dee ... somehow, blogging my way through the process makes things apparent that I might otherwise miss. Very selfish, really ... but perhaps the end justifies the means
Deletethe potency of documenting the process is one of the MAIN things I learned from Jude... not selfish at all
DeleteWell, I sat down to fully document and was astonished at how much I ended up with. I'll send you a copy so you can pick and choose what is useful for the project.
Deletetime to fly
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be hard to return to quotidian cloth ... but yes, it's time
Deletethe collective heart opening of this cloth is strong magic
DeleteYour Nine Hearts cloth was inspirational ...
Deletewill all this change how your work will be, do you think???? all this BeautyFull "looseness?"
ReplyDeleteWith each piece I let go a little more ... so yes, this changed me.
Deletei wish, Liz, that you could have been there for all the online work with Jude. It changed us All.
ReplyDeletewe wove like she wove. we stitched like she stitched and we drifted too, into our Own.
You would have LOVED it. I wish somehow it could happen again. Probably not.
yet...we just go and we GIVE to one another along the way
I took most of her courses on a "go at your own pace" basis ... but I would have given anything for a way into the forum exchanges ... let alone a way into the original "what if ..." diaries. But better late than never ...
DeleteThank goodness I squeaked into Considering Weave ... I wonder sometimes about Jo and wish there was a way to re-connect.
DeleteA masterpiece is so many ways Liz, I could study it for hours. And so heartfelt. Can't wait for Dee to see it and do her magic with it. Thank you too for the shout out :)
ReplyDeleteOne good shout (out) deserves another :)
DeleteI left quite a bit dangling off the edges ... hope Dee can put that to good use (I figure it can always be cut off but if it's gone, it's of no use)
YIKES! I'm going to actually have to finish something.
Deletelove catching up here with all the different threads of thought going back and forth, through several blogs, and how they/we interconnect; it's really something very special to be a part of 'this'
ReplyDeleteI took part in India Flint's Solace project, but this feels much more immediate ... raw even.
DeleteIt has been amazing to watch the other squares come together and I can't wait to see how Dee pulls them all together.
Every time I have seen this block as it has taken shape the word "intense" has come into my mind. It reminds me of a roiling body of water with a still surface. The more you peer into it the more you see and feel. Thanks for this, Liz.
ReplyDeleteThank you for saying this, Dana. I've been plagued by doubt ...
DeleteOh, those nine crosses. Such good heart work. Full of amazing grace.
ReplyDeleteThank you ... it has been a time of grace
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