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somethins happenin here what it is aint exactly clear

no matter what, Beauty continues…keeps on keepin on. 

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crab apple with praying mantis egg case

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the most soft, sweet, beauty Full socks i have ever had in my entire life.   made by the hands of Deb Gorr.  i think they will be my california dreamin socks.  i gave the sciatic leg the special one.

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and finally, this.

this is directly related with Whispering Hearts.  it is not a heart in itself, but is from the heart.  from somewhere of heart that i don't even really know.   part of a larger but small scrap that was just pinned on…then stitched on at the top, the rest flapping and then snipped to become a very small scrap.  all these incarnations on different days for no reason.  just from urges as i was invisible basting, invisible basting, invisible basting ~               then, watching and listening to Whispering Hearts this morning i have suddenly been completely taken with this scrap, loving this scrap, taking such care of this scrap by adding threads that will marry it into the cloth beneath, so it will be a forever there scrap.   i don't know why.

but it has something to do with the work of continuing.  with Japan.  with the japanese people who are beginning now to face the work of continuing. 

all that, has caused me to do some interesting work…mostly at night while i am dreaming.  and it's really too much to put here, but just to say, that it might have to do with being a soul that came into this plane with a "contract" of Continuing.  choosing birth to a mother who, i am thinking, on a constant basis, was afraid.   who taught me how to live with her fear and in being raised up inside that fear, developed a habit myself of "You Never Know".  but coming with a contract to learn and develop Continuing,  i have had to work at balancing those two dynamics.  it has given me an interesting life.    what does this have to do with cloth, we might be wondering?

Everything.

and it's the format of Jude's Whispering that i am loving as an incredible tool to hone and fine tune  everything so far and find ways to continue that are loving and energized and of good use to my beloved planet, even in the face of You Never Know.

 

 
 

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16 responses to “somethins happenin here what it is aint exactly clear”

  1. deanna7trees Avatar
    deanna7trees

    so much here to comment on. a praying mantis egg case–how lucky to be able to see that develop. those socks are beautiful. love the different toe. i, too, work out things in dreams and wake up with a new knowing. my mom was the queen of afraid and taught me to trust no one. it took me years to undo that. sleep is important. so much happens there. a kind of therapy.
    i’ve been working outside this morning–planting and arranging a bit. didn’t see anything as interesting as a praying mantis egg case.

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  2. KaiteM. Avatar
    KaiteM.

    good morning grace, such beauty here and the colours are the same – you have crab apple with praying mantis egg case socks. cheerio, k.

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  3. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    hey Kaite…commented on your other comment about being carefull

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  4. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes…those egg cases are Everywhere. i am watching a
    few in particular to see if i can capture the moment when
    the tiny ones come out…it’s amazing.
    our variation on the theme was not so much people she was
    afraid of, but hmmmm, i think i might call it
    Acts of God
    not even natural disasters, that’s why the AoG…and
    the other variation was; that my response to that seems to
    have been…testing it. a great willingness toward
    experimentation. and as i write that, i realize that the
    You Never Know was seen as maybe going either way. maybe
    something awful might happen, but!, maybe something really
    beautiful ~ who knows ~

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  5. jude hill Avatar
    jude hill

    well my comment just went poof, but in a nutshell, i have some of deb’s socks…
    my mother is so not afraid.

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  6. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes. i have seen it. in her, in you and her. i have liked seeing
    it a Lot.
    i am going to commission some socks for my daughter. she just
    called. is “home”, back. just now. Kadir was beside himself with
    joy. she was off to pick up the two babies that needed bottle
    feeding in her absence. will call later. i will hear again that
    goat talk in the background.
    life is really amazing when you surrender to never knowing.

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  7. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Grace…I’m sure you may guess that knitting the socks brings me much peace. I hope that peace weaves it’s way to you. They were also a lot of fun to knit. I am very, very happy to know that you have them.
    To be okay with never knowing…that’s a really wonderful thing.

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  8. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    Deb…peace and fun
    yes. it vibrates into my soles
    here it is…to
    trust
    never knowing
    for Deanna, it was people
    for me, the just pandemic never knowing
    so…though, it’s trust as the bottom line.
    and, AND, i found the Emily Dickensen line about ample
    am swirling with it at the moment, but will pass it along
    either here or in SEW.
    am so happy in my socks.

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  9. Herm Avatar
    Herm

    love your crab apple, what a beautiful red it gives! also love your socks, i never finished knitting my pair, so if you knit 2 socks is a pair, and if you finish one is a “piece of art”, so that is all I have for now, hahahahaha

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  10. Penny B Avatar
    Penny B

    My crab apples are still frozen solid and a praying mantis will never lay it’s eggs up here! Must be amazing to watch. I hope you capture (a photo that is) one coming forth into the world.
    So much more to comment on; but will just say that I’m feeling so left out having decided not to participate in the heart workshop!

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  11. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    penny…in that egg case…each little section contains a little
    one. many come out of one case. they are completely perfect
    versions just tiny tiny and pale i only saw the whole event
    once
    that Whispering hearts will always be there, is open all the time
    and i’m feeling like we will be coming and going from it forever.
    that’s the beauty of it. it’s like a room that just IS. we go
    in and sit a while, work a while leave, come back

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  12. jude hill Avatar
    jude hill

    i just love how they are transparent when they emerge. i remember my son seeming a bit like that when he was born…

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  13. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes, needing a moment to acquire form. it is a moment
    like none other.
    oh…am liking the word transparent a lot as i think
    about it right now
    transparent

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  14. Martine Avatar
    Martine

    continuing with beauty……….yes, go on!
    XXXm

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  15. nance Avatar
    nance

    transparent… at birth…. but also in death. i have seen it a few times.
    grace, love this new edition of your blog… very nice. when we get home i will figure out SEW… if you will help…
    love

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  16. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i will help.
    yes. at death too. my mother got almost totally
    transparent.
    john had a difficult time with transparency…but it
    happened some
    there too.
    yes.
    i will be very glad when you are
    home

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