Spirit Cloth

Moons come and go

 

Today I made this collage, which I like.

But really as these moons ( learned  from Glennis) 

spilled out onto the table, they

reminded me of stones.

Which reminded me to start sorting through the basket of stones

before applying them to the other side of Home.

And ... so... this morning,  I did let

The gathering of cloth stones for the Magic Feather Project started back here.  You might click the category for gathering stones at the foot of the post to see some others  as well. If you missed all that.

I am also reminded today, how many moons have passed since I began this whole thing..

The inside

The Other Side of the cloth I call Home is still quite raw.  The inside of Home. As the details are added to the flying things along the flight path,  the embroidery shows gently through.  Like little  bright spots in the vast chaotic space.  Slowly a path is emerging.  A way to follow.  Threadcrumbs.

A center stone fell into place this morning.  A warm one.  I have had it in my pocket for a while.  I remember it.

Home. Almost all the safety pins have been removed.  It holds itself.

Solid and Liquid

 

I  spent a long time looking at them.  The same but different.  Together like a rock.

 

Homeward bound  soon.    With a new sense about home.

...and Home.

I will be back to regular blogging (for a while) on Friday. 

Hey

So I am back to words for today. With a few things to say.  Because  I have found my way.  Across and through some things  that have just  been clouding my mind.    Just sorting through life stuff and making adjustments.    But when the mind clears, it is not so bad.   I had too many things to do.  So I have just begun to eliminate  some of them.   Spring cleaning a bit early maybe.   Anyway.   Mom is very old.   I am OK.  With a bit of patience, things fall into place.  And place is redefined. 

I received a few new stones for the Magic Feather Project.  I know I have been away from that for a while.  It was just that I didn't want to touch it while my mind was stuck in a negative place.   I am back to it once again.   But I have decided to hold off  accepting any additional contributions  until I can get  my balance  back completely.   Besides  I have so much to work with right now.   Amazing really.    Half done plans for a website devoted to this effort   will get rolling  soon.    Until then, I will be blogging about it here.   On Fridays.  Again.    

Thank you Saskia, for these wonderful  stones.   And for the  real one that does indeed look like Was.   

These 3 stones bring the total to 564!  Wow.

So What else?

This little cloth, which seems to keep going in the background here.  Whenever I have a moment.   Well... 2 things.  I thought today, what if I call it Earth Valentine?    Because there is a story emerging  and I think it fits.  I will tell it when all the words have been gathered.   And then I thought what if I hang it up for a bit?    And   morning gave it a wing.  

What If  (?) is the other thing.   That thing that needs attention.  Some explaining.  I will talk more about it on Wednesday.  Today I will simply wash the floor.  Clear a path. 

Pieces of a pathway

Two new stones.  Reminding me of how I have wandered around this project for a while now.  Thank you Felicia.  For your gifts.

Enough circling.  Back to it.

This post refers to the Magic Feather Project.

Gathering Place

So on  this Friday,  after a difficult week,  small, slow gifts have gathered, creating new peace here in the studio.   New stones  have arrived form  afar  for the Magic Feather Project.    Gifts for children  and gifts for me.   Thank you Kathy,  Mary and Vicki  for your beautiful stones and support.

And a gift  from Roz.  Now a refuge for gazing. And a quiet place to gather stones as they arrive.   A  handmade basket  made by the Tjanpi desert weavers of Australia.    A home for weary traveling stones that wait for a new place on a welcoming cloth.   Thank you Roz.

I have spent a quiet morning gathering myself as well. Ridding my mind of negative thoughts, preparing to pick up the cloth where I left off.  I don't like to work on gifts unless my heart is clear.

I am almost done creating a separate space for this project , making it easier to follow along. 

Stones keep coming

Thank you Jan,  Sally Jo, Pema and  Willemien.

Today, I really like this.  Really. 

You can read about the Magic Feather project by clicking the tab up top .

Feather Friday finally

So .  Back to earth.  We have more stones.

Thank you Anu and Hoola Tallulah....

And that makes 489 stones.  Which is quite a few..

More about the Magic Feather Project in the top menu bar.

In case you haven't read Just News ( up top)

I am happy to announce that the Magic Feather Project will be featured in Hand Eye Magazine , Issue #10, Craft and Compassion,  in an article written by no other than Wendy Golden- Levitt.  The issue will be available on newsstands and on the Hand Eye Website in late September .   Thanks to Keith,  Wendy , and my son Kursten ,  who took the photos.   And to all of you who contributed to make this possible.

A little game

 A while ago,  I chose the rainbow, the  idea of a full spectrum, as a symbol, a symbol of expanded vision.  Of seeing more clearly.  Like having many eyes.  Maybe many kinds of eyes.   And so  today I was thinking of playing a little game each day.  To collect  and make a rainbow from things around me.   To arrange them that way,  to remind myself to look.  As some symbolic gesture.  And then, I thought.  Wow.   To expand vision, to suddenly find something not seen before, is  simply to look.   And look again. To assemble these moments together.  To appreciate the natural order in that.

I realize more and more, the seemingly  random order of things self discovered, is not that at all.  It's just the way you choose to look at them at any given moment.   Making sense of it all is just your  point of view.  Looking.  Some of the pieces to a puzzle are hidden inside yourself.  Some are out there.  It's all one big space really.  Converted into place.

The turquoise blue dot here was hammered into the silk cloth using a fresh Japanese indigo leaf cut into a circle.  It started out bright green and slowly turned blue after rinsing and drying in the open air.  V e r y s l o w l y.   Nice.  It fills in that empty space perfectly.

More Stones

Thank you Carmel, Nicole, Bee and Mary.

Thank you Grazzia, Susan, Susan B and Dawn.

478!!!

Read about the Magic Feather project up top.

I will be away during the month of July. Please hold any further stone contributions for now. Thanks.