Spirit Cloth

so it seems

Lately,  everything...

seems to be caught in A Nest of Days. Which is the large cloth that has become a home for a lot of loose things. At least for a while.  I think about that, as a metaphor then, for how it is that it all happens. 

And then how I was able to warm the Indigo Vat in the afternoon sun yesterday. Just like that, under the skylight, moving it a bit as the sun moved across the room with the big table. How happy it became. With just that little bit of attention. This morning it is ready to give more blue.

Yesterday I confused everyone by testing private posts over at Feel Free. Later today I will do a regular open post over there to present my goals with some Clarity, which I often refer to as Blur-ity, because really what you understand is often a matter of perspective.  This will be my last post here for a while as I focus on the chaos that is just about always present when I begin a new teaching adventure.  Which in a way is no different from building a new home, which is what this one has ultimately become.

 

 

because

...it's a beautiful cold shiny day and singing woman in under the needle again. And it is all one thing.

She has come together  without a lot of saying that could be said, but I still remember each moment.

I am putting together (or trying) a project tracker for the Forever Zone. 

I have come to realize the Poetry of Process.

With New Eyes.

I look forward to

considering/ reconsidering that.

 

It might be a little quiet here now, while I pull my selves together.

 

just something sketchy

Gosh, I better get on it, I have a lot of talking to do before I forget.

It's warmer, birds chirping as if spring is around the corner. Wait, actually it is. Let's think like that.

The Forever Zone is on track.

Inspired by the Cloth Itself

And a thread from here to there...

I am really enjoying this scratched/old filter lately, probably because I can relate.  I had added a dyed layer over a print, loving how the illusion of it sliding behind the foliage gave it depth.  That gave me a similar idea here. 

But before I go further, let me just say, that all my audio and video will be at Feel Free now, as I move to my new series Everything in Perspective. I have decided to continue as long as I can with a modestly priced password protected format. You can come here to read about life and see what I am doing (and that can be enough) and then you might choose to follow the thread (if you are so inclined) to dive deeper into my process. Very much deeper. 

Why?

The feed here is unreliable and media is next to impossible to host, especially audio.

This blog has so much content, but the way I just go makes it hard to hold the bits together in any cohesive manner at this point.

I need to generate a bit more income. For reasons that aren't just about me.

The WordPress format is helping me organize my thoughts for book-writing.

I will release a full description of the final part to the series at the end of the month, which will begin mid February. If you are subscribed there you will receive details in a post, if not there will be a thread from here to there.

The thread from here to there, sounds simple, but really the journey is really so much more than a straight line. If you try to map how it holds together.

We are in for another storm. And frigid weather following. The most winter winter we have seen in a long time. I need to run to the grocery store because grocery delivery here is no longer happening due to a shortage of drivers. And low inventories.

But Hey. Let it snow.

 

 

 

How might it happen?

As I recall, it was June 23rd. 2011.

Hello and Welcome

Hello. Here we are. I just wanted to talk a bit about what I have in mind for this series. Hopefully you have arrived here without any trouble.

This series was set up to follow what I call larger cloth. By this I do not always necessarily mean bigger, but just slower and longer term.  Deeper maybe. I wanted a format where I could talk about that a little more. In more detail than I do on my public blog.  A place to share more personal thoughts about cloth making. A place more like home that would be more continuous and less planned.

My thoughts are the same again. To just be here as I am, talking and sharing. Doing or not doing, thinking, struggling, whatever it may be. Probably not finishing, but who knows? And for you to be here with me, perhaps working alongside me on whatever you might work on, perhaps being inspired, perhaps just listening. Because really, there is no rush or expectations.

And here I am again. Going back in time and trying to find a way to connect the past to the present. And no the cloth is not finished. And neither am I. Yes, I could just put the class in the shop for those of you who would like to go through on your own. But this one was special. We gathered, we said and did and something clicked, because many of us are still here, going. It was a kind of Magic. 

Still, things are not the same. Especially Typepad. Maybe that will just be a big part of it. 

I did not go back through the class. I will be like you then, waiting to see what's next.

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm Cometh.

I'll be back with more thoughts. Just Talking, hopefully.

Hello. Here we are. I just wanted to talk a bit about what I have in mind for this series. Hopefully you have arrived here without any trouble.

This series was set up to follow what I call larger cloth. By this I do not always necessarily mean bigger, but just slower and longer term.  Deeper maybe. I wanted a format where I could talk about that a little more. In more detail than I do on my public blog.  A place to share more personal thoughts about cloth making. A place more like home that would be more continuous and less planned.

My thoughts are the same again. To just be here as I am, talking and sharing. Doing or not doing, thinking, struggling, whatever it may be. Probably not finishing, but who knows? And for you to be here with me, perhaps working alongside me on whatever you might work on, perhaps being inspired, perhaps just listening. Because really, there is no rush or expectations.

And here I am again. Going back in time and trying to find a way to connect the past to the present. And no the cloth is not finished. And neither am I. Yes, I could just put the class in the shop for those of you who would like to go through on your own. But this one was special. We gathered, we said and did and something clicked, because many of us are still here, going. It was a kind of Magic. 

Still, things are not the same. Especially Typepad. Maybe that will just be a big part of it. 

I did not go back through the class. I will be like you then, waiting to see what's next.

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm Cometh.

I'll be back with more thoughts. Just Talking, hopefully.