back to "Listen to the River".
there are many windows being placed along the outside perimeter blocks on the house side of the quilt. walter likes windows and glass almost as much as he likes wood and gardening. i have moved to a new technique, painting my own motifs instead of computer printing or blind stitching. it keeps me away from using the images of others and keeps me closer to the drawing and painting i love.
i used to stress about paints, the right paints, but textile paints seem to be plain old acrylic paints after all.....
i like the way the painted shapes provide a guide and also a background for the stitches, filling in the spaces with color and allowing more freedom in the stitch.
sometimes i get the feeling that developing and practicing a craft has far reaching implications in our personal development as well. ..a window of sorts. an edge and a meeting point between the inside and the outside. ....all things being similar, the patience to understand your material, the thought process involved in problem solving... the quiet determination that perfects a thought ... the research to connect the dots and make a vision materialize.....
to understand just one thing through and through answers so many other questions for me, and it would culminate in the ability to share that feeling... my never ending quest to answer my main question, is communication really possible?
and so my craft has come to reveal itself to me as a symbol of this personal quest to understand and communicate something, which would be my greatest gift.