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had to bring inside this morning….Crazy Wind is back.    so, back to where it all began, on the ceiling beam.    and it goes from elation of yesterday to     uh,   well……  kind of  Hmmmm.

will work on the little goat….    tomorrow will take to laundromat and wash.  3 long months of blown in sand and 3 long months of cat .    then, just looking for as long as it takes.  for sure, the tulips and Arlee's Leaf Moon will remain.   otherwise, i just don't know.  i realized as i was stitching down that central big piece, that a lot depends on what it wants to "say".   and what i want jenny to hear when she looks at it….over time.  and right now, i don't know.   there is a sense tho that she might be setting out soon.  once it's washed and the little goat in place tho, she can take it.  to use Jude's criteria, it does hold together as cloth.  and i can work on it more when i finally get there???

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i think she needs to be moved a little to the left edge  and am thinking about a wandering road to the sunrise. 

 

 

 

 

 

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10 responses to “a more sobering view”

  1. Terri Avatar
    Terri

    I just love that little goat and the way its legs are kicking. Jenny is “setting out soon” ? She has her piece of land then?

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    nope. no Place. she will just
    go

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  3. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    In a word, BREATHTAKING: There is such deep magic in this cloth: countless, ripped strips, woven and stitched into whole cloth, each stitch, made with love and devotion. It is so amazing to me to enlarge this and see the cloth fused, from many into one, leading to the whole. Most of all, each stitch telling a story of a mother and daughter, of past and present,and now future. More than a daughter cloth,this is a Journey cloth carrying the smell of the Polvadera wind, the warmth of the sun from hanging on the clothes line, and I imagine, maybe a few raindrops as you brought the cloth indoors. Raindrops to bless this cloth, honoring the spirit of the mother who honors the daughter’s dream, bestowing the symbol of it all, the frolicking little goat in the center. AND as the journey begins, the cloth wraps around the daughter, memory of all that led to this point, projecting all that is yet to come…

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  4. Patty M Avatar

    Hey, this little goat is perfect…no worries, just faith in adventure!

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  5. KaiteM. Avatar

    a very frolicksome little goat

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  6. jude hill Avatar

    all is well.

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  7. Suzanna Avatar

    Grace, it’s beautiful…indeed a journey cloth as Marti says…good work!

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  8. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    Suzanna…am SO glad to find you here…have been over to
    Mostly Threads looking for you but you have been “away”
    still…so am relieved to have you there…thank you!
    xoxo

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  9. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    you are right, Marti. so much is here. so much will
    continue to wait for the future.
    today, Saturday, i worked on the goat cloth for the
    center of the center. trying to sense what will best
    tell the story up to this point. and the greatest thing
    about that, is that there was such a good and solid
    feeling that it is Up To This Point…onward.
    love, g

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  10. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    adventure. yes. trust.

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