I needed to take small stitches ...
And when I wondered what to do with the spaces between the words, I found inspiration at Penny Berens' blog
Drew carefree lines ...
and let myself go ...
even reaching back in time to Jude's Considering Weave, a firm foundation ...
Then found this on the New York Times
...
and took in the sheer beauty of it.
May we all be happy ...
there is such deep comfort in your stitches
ReplyDeleteIt's 1 am, tay and I get out to squat next to the car house to pee. Then I watch here, look at your handwork... love,liz, love and may it be so. For All.
ReplyDeleteMo - the stitches soothed my jangling nerves ... as did news that Grace and the critters are safe
ReplyDeleteAnd Grace - thank you for your teaching ...
Wonderful words and stitching, so comforting.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love it! To hold this cloth in your hands and make wishes for the world. Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteLouise - thank you ... I got lost in it and found happiness
ReplyDeleteNancy - I now "get" metta so much more than I did before. The part that eludes me is finding it within myself to wish some individuals well when they are wreaking such havoc in the world. I have a long way to go ...
Love the stitches you put in between the words. Compliments perfectly.
ReplyDeleteLA - beautiful and powerful work.Magic in your stitches. B
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ReplyDeleteyour work is so very generous Liz
ReplyDeleteand thank you for that video on Gee's Bend strength-women. xo
"we going to leave this all behind some day. it's not ours. we only borrowing it, for the time we are here."
xoxoxo
So much love, and to love, in this post, thank you, Liz.
ReplyDeleteDeb - ArtTalk has been very helpful ... thank you
ReplyDeleteBarry - thank you ... words instruct me, but I need many repetitions before they sink in
Judy - thank you ... I have learned much about generosity of spirit and actions from the Kindred Spirits ... and the Gee's Bend video made my heart swell with the wonder of it
Hazel - thank you for coming here ... and for being such a guiding light
And Jude ... yes, all
ReplyDeleteOh Liz - I just finished watching the clip about these fine ladies. They have such beautiful, genuine souls. The quilts are humbling in their depth of love and words from the heart. Your stitched piece is the embodiment of those so very needed words and feelings.
ReplyDeleteSue - And I had the amazing experience of getting a book out of our library entitled "Outliers and American Vanguard Art" and recognized a photo of the Gee's Bend quilter pictured above. It is wonderful to "put a face" to an body of art.
ReplyDelete... and to finish that thought, that's why the kindred spirits are so important to me. Their blogs make real the people behind the art.
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