we are evolving. not finished, and so i feel like i can continue with my own interpretation of creation.
this cloth is one that i was compelled to make when i first came across Spirit Cloth i think last November.
i had never done anything like it before.
it is autobiographical. you can see my toe in the
capillary fringe which is a true scientific term for a layer of earth/water/oxygen here in the Rio Grande
Valley of south central new mexico. if a being, say a tree, bush, or a woman, can make contact with it's
root, it can live.

the second photograph here is of my granddaughter and her son. visiting. sleeping.
this granddaughter was conceived in my daughter's own creation myth at her age of 16. i voted for abortion.
the 16 yo daughter was quiet and in her myth, the featus, (who is the sleeping young woman in this photograph)
stopped moving for a day or so. we were quiet too. then, i received a phone call from the daughter from
her alternative school. she had been in choir class and singing and opened a piece of Fleer bubble gum
which had "fortunes" on the wrapper. the fortune on her wrapper said something very close to: "you can have
what you want if you want it". she called, to say that she wanted this baby. that she had felt lost when
there was no movement and upon reading her bubblegum fortune and realizing she WANTED this baby, the baby
(the sleeping young woman in the photo) moved.

22 years later, the baby girl sleeps with her own baby son while visiting from the navy in San Diego. She
has a husband. She has a life. She has a baby boy.
She has taught me a huge percentage of what i hold of value about living. She is magnificant.
and when she saw this cloth i made,
she asked for it.
i have made a ton of things. and this is the first thing any of my family has

asked for.

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19 responses to “creation myths”

  1. Suzanna Avatar

    Oh Grace what a beautiful story and the photo…

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  2. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar

    susan…yes. they are. and all your layers are weaving day to day.its fine. and good. just keepyour toe in the capillary fringeof your art. just a toe. the rest, give to your family, yoursons. you will do it. i havefaith in you. maybe not right now, but in time, when its time.i will keep track of you.love

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  3. Susan Avatar

    I have the tears too. It is so lovely to see how the layers are all woven together.

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  4. Valerianna Avatar

    Wonderful post, Grace, I can see why your granddaughter wanted this cloth, it is magical!

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  5. helen Avatar
    helen

    very very touching Im starting to tear up. Nothing else to add.

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  6. Debi From the Pacific Northwest Avatar

    Grace, what a beautiful post. I am a grandmother much like you. My daughter conceived my granddaughter when she was 17 and decided she wanted the baby very much! Lexie is now 17 and so beautiful inside and out. I thank God everyday that Tammi stood up to her Dr. and told her she wanted her baby. Lexie has been a major blessing to everyone who comes in contact with her.

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  7. helen Avatar
    helen

    Grace, I said Nothing else to add because I couldnt find the words to sort it out, but Martis first post says it for me. I was laying in bed last night thinking about it, but couldnt think how to word it and Marti said it beautifully. Just your granddaughter asking for it, gives me chills, the whole emotion and feelings,and Martis last line, you are truly blessed!!

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  8. Velma Avatar

    i am glad this story took its own path and you honored it.

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  9. nandas Avatar

    you are so honored grace to have witnessed the unfolding of this story and you honor everyone here by the telling. you tell through cloth as well as your words. i bless the day you found your voice in cloth.

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  10. Deb G Avatar

    How beautiful…both family and your creation. It makes me not just think, but Im feeling all sorts of things too…

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  11. Jacky Avatar

    What a story…what a cloth. How fitting that they all be together.Sweet life.Jacky xox

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  12. Marti Avatar

    The emotions felt on looking at the beautiful photo of sleeping granddaughter and her beautiful boy are touching and go straight to the heart…which is my fingers goofed. Meant to say granddaughter,not great granddaughter. Looking at great grandson is a deep and quiet joy.

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  13. jude Avatar

    so much touching grace, my son with no child, all the cloths i have shred with him, all the wonderful things about creating, everything is mixed together in my mind like a big salad right now. your cloth developed with such fullness.

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  14. Karen Turner Avatar

    What a wonderful, magical story. Thank you.

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  15. Manya Maratou Avatar

    grace, thank you for this

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  16. Patty Avatar

    Mothers are the gateway to our familyso its fitting that they are the gatekeepers. It is up to them to sayyes or no. Your story reminds me ofthis truth. How generous of you to share it and your own part of the growing of your own garden/family.

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  17. kaite Avatar

    thats a big story grace and beautifully told…k.

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  18. Jane -The7thMagpie Avatar

    I just had to say..how wonderful, full mystery.

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  19. Puddleduck Avatar

    What a beautiful story, Grace… I am moved to tears and goosebumps…. What a lovely photo of the pair of them seleeping!… and your deepful cloth.

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