How interesting to me to read the thought processes here because it never occurs to me that working with cloth requires such questioning; I always assumed it was about the feel and the feeling; that the cloth spoke and took its own time in collaborating with the person who held it and the needle and thread. For me, with the little sewing that I have done, it is like entering a covenant with my dyed pieces; looking and listening and looking until my hands reach for the needle and thread; a covenant between what I see and what the cloth shows me. Time is not present...I guess I would say to you grace, trust in what is unfolding; you have a kinship with the cloth pieces that you have made that is like no other...
Marti~i may have realized an important thing in thinking about your comment.... many times it does/would happen as you describe, yes. in this case and i'm sure it will happen again, i think it's that the ground of the woven cloth that presents this dilemma for me. i really LOVE this particular woven piece...its particular softness, how it took the tea or whatever it was (i don't know) that i stained it with...and it is an important part of the cloth story. i want to put only images there that are the minimal images to tell the story, with the weaving kind of "humming" in the back ground. the stitching and colored pencil, maybe, allows this??? so...still thinking...and thank you xo
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but surely it is the doing of it that is important, not the time it takes...k.
in love forever and ever timelessly slow
dagdag
A forever cloth.
How interesting to me to read the thought processes here because it never occurs to me that working with cloth requires such questioning; I always assumed it was about the feel and the feeling; that the cloth spoke and took its own time in collaborating with the person who held it and the needle and thread. For me, with the little sewing that I have done, it is like entering a covenant with my dyed pieces; looking and listening and looking until my hands reach for the needle and thread; a covenant between what I see and what the cloth shows me. Time is not present...I guess I would say to you grace, trust in what is unfolding; you have a kinship with the cloth pieces that you have made that is like no other...
back an forth. rocking. better now.
Kaite..yes..it is great happiness
Yvette ... such a good love it
is and yes...
timelessly slow
two such beautiful words together
a kind of drift
Penny B and a forever i think
because of the clothesline/cloth
line, like this will give rise,
birth to another
Marti...a complex response.
i am thinking about it...
jude~yes, like that tide of
yours, something appears, is
washed away, appears again in
a different way and on
Marti~i may have realized an
important thing in thinking about
your comment....
many times it does/would happen
as you describe, yes.
in this case and i'm sure it will
happen again, i think it's that
the ground of the woven cloth that
presents this dilemma for me.
i really LOVE this particular
woven piece...its particular
softness, how it took the tea or
whatever it was (i don't know) that
i stained it with...and it is an
important part of the cloth story.
i want to put only images there
that are the minimal images to
tell the story, with the weaving
kind of "humming" in the back
ground. the stitching and colored
pencil, maybe, allows this???
so...still thinking...and thank
you xo
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