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in/out sacred space

the great thing is that each of your comments highlights a word or thought for me. i like that. Deb, the concept of interface,
Jennlui the understanding of sacred space and refuge, Kaite understanding that the door, tho "defective" is more important
than a "proper" door, jude, commenting on aliveness with humor Kaye, so responsive to it all
and
Kathy…is it you? the Kathy of my "other life"? and here, we finally meet?

weaving selves together. what did/do i mean?
this is the first time in my lifetime that i have lived alone with the intention of never changing that. There have been spans
of time before, but never this way of wanting a solitary day to day life that can finally be devoted to Art, to Making, to
trying to articulate that interface of the acre "room" outside and the 12X45' shelter. The doors and windows.
What i do outside reflecting what i do inside and inside, outside. weaving them together, stitching layers, of a life that
is not fragmented.

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8 responses to “in/out sacred space”

  1. kaite Avatar
    kaite

    utter aloneness -another great pleasurein autumn twilight…Buson (circa 1750)…k.

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  2. Suzanna Avatar
    Suzanna

    That winding pathway does beckon. What a gift to have days for making; you say it so well.

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  3. Velma Avatar
    Velma

    a seussian portal.

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  4. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Oh Grace…I am so glad that you have decided to start a blog. I think you have quite the story to tell. I think perhaps a blog can be an interface with the world…

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  5. Karen Turner Avatar
    Karen Turner

    I guess becoming whole is something we all aspire to, one way or another. Life can knock the stuffing out of us, and we wear holes in ourselves… but our natural state is to be whole, and when we listen to what it is we need, we can repair ourselves – and others, too, sometimes. Your words really touch me, Grace. Thank you.

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  6. twhIch aye Avatar
    twhIch aye

    that gate is amazing… looks like when you step through it, :things: change… have so many hopes for daughters. all my children are like a piece of me :floating: out in the world, but daughter… theres just a little more tug on the cordgot sick several years back and sickness showed me how much i like being alone… being quiet. i like being with my self. theres so much to do and discover and remember…

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  7. Minka Avatar
    Minka

    I’ve been alone for decades, but now it’s beginning to feel different. More content with myself and my life. I’m about to retire and after all these years I’m coming to see that others consider me an artist and its about time I Join them inthis vision. Solitary is the way to really make a devotion to art.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    devotion
    no small word. no small thing, to be
    devoted.
    i makes me glad when someone is “retiring”. how much of
    our lives we “sell”, for whatever reason. some are good
    reasons. but “sell” ourselves, we do.
    and to say, i no longer sell my days is an amazing thing,
    and in a society that has made a way for us to be able
    to continue with basic needs after a point…retirement.
    Social Security. i have a LOT to say about that.
    but, what i find day after day, week after week, is that i
    need days of devotion. part of it is just me., my personality, but part of it is just real. it takes consecutive days without interruption to engage with Making. Making is a world of it’s own that needs us to go INTO it, to live inside that space a good deal of the time.
    WHEN? is it you will “retire”?, ie: Begin to Live??????
    xoxo

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