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since the crack of dawn

can you see them?  two more strands each….of all colors, brown….

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and they HAVE done something really great…it's almost impossible to believe, but they have changed the whole energy of this cloth.  it has become one.   two of the three panels are now One, and really, all three, because just the hint to the right side has pulled it in.  Oh Sigh of Happiness.  i could  ~feel~ it happening even before i finished the stitching and hung it back on the wall…..

so, off now to buy a tarp for the wood pile.  the snows of Colorado are sliding down toward N Mex, no snow here but probably rain. 

before i go, though, look what happened here!   as i was waiting for the fire to get going this morning, i noticed a really "nothing" scrap from a Deb Lacativa stuck in the magazine rack.  having loved the beautiful creature on Spirit Cloth this morning, and having thought more about literal/non literal (re: my mammal lizard)  i put her on the morning glory.  too wide.  cut off the one edge which then became perfect legs.   Hey ho.

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40 responses to “since the crack of dawn”

  1. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Grace- I can see those grasses now! This is all flowing together so nicely. And I love the critter on the Deb piece, poof!
    Did you notice the ‘for Grace’ before the photo comes up on spirit cloth? 🙂

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  2. lynda merry Avatar
    lynda merry

    Yes! the grass definitely ties the panels together. Two simple “marks” have changed everything. It also changes my perspective as I look at your cloth – is the grass close and the other objects far away? is the grass gigantic and the other objects miniature? Is everything else part of a grass underworld? You’ve got me wondering now…

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  3. Vicky Avatar
    Vicky

    oh that really does connect everthing…er…everYthing….and now i can ‘see’ how this will work on my piece too. i now have thread for it too [small etsy purchase]
    ley lines…the magic in the earth, not sure of the spelling…but that’s what your stitches seem to be to me. maybe our cloths will meet each other this way…
    and the lizard is…well…just is

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  4. handstories Avatar
    handstories

    oh, there they are! and they are grand and tall, and bending in the wind- just so muchness!

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  5. Susan C Avatar
    Susan C

    Hi Grace! I love the tendrils and tangles on the left – and of course the grasses. I have recently begun to notice Indiana grasses in a new way. I can see why you love yours so much – gentle and sturdy all at once. I like the bend and arc in your long stitched blades of grass – bringing the panels together.

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  6. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    Oh beautious day — caloo calay, she chortled in her joy! I see the grass and the way the stalks of arduous stitching unite the piece, and I just adore your creature in the second piece too.
    Here is a gift for those who want it — The Project Gutenberg EBook of Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman — a good read for the long Winter nights–
    “This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
    almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
    re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
    with this eBook or online at
    http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=2209237 “

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  7. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Snow here! Stoking the fire…. and enjoying the growing of your cloth.

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  8. Yvonne Avatar
    Yvonne

    As well as being connecting, the grasses really add an uplifting movement! The figure with the flower seems tender – almost a fetal position. Lovely.

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  9. margaret johnson Avatar
    margaret johnson

    the grass poem by W.W. is so beautiful. one of my favourite poets. thankyou. ox

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  10. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Funny, I saw the figure as a frog until I read your comment. Now I see it also as a person, wrapped in cloth and missing it’s face for now. Interesting.

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  11. margaret johnson Avatar
    margaret johnson

    the grasses tie everything together beautifully. and the little(frog) on the morning glory flowers, oh isn’t awesome when magic happens. happy happy joy joy! ox

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  12. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    Oh Grace, it’s beautiful!! I love the grasses and your lizard. This cloth takes on more beauty with each addition you make. XOXO

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  13. wendy Avatar
    wendy

    Beautiful Grace; like Lynda I was struck with the idea that the world on your huge cloth is very tiny. Tee hee. I love how you play with scale Grace.

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  14. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i did. and i am deeply gratefull. what it taught me is
    to see with my own eye….to follow that inner vision
    only. She teaches with no words. how amazing is that..?..

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  15. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Lynda merry…your wonderings are magnificant…and fed
    my own. the answer to all these questions is yes, and
    a GREAT lesson in that. this is a big moment for me and
    my cloth learning.
    and isn’t it something. two simple “marks”. and truly
    that is ALL it was/is. i am still dumbfounded.

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  16. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    they DO meet. just like you and i do.

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  17. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    yes. ~muchness~

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  18. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Susan…i love that you said this…your Indiana grasses.
    Native grass is Native to where it is….and i had been
    thinking that somewhere in my mind, but you now have
    SAID it….
    it’s a HUGE thing…meadows, savannas, high desert mesa,
    rainforest
    everywhere there are grasses. they hold such greatness
    in their commonness………..
    i need to learn more…………..
    again..THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT!!!!….coming from the
    MidWest, i had been blind to native grass there…so much
    vegetation…but i am sure there was and is this humble
    community all around.
    if you think more and find more, please, tell me.
    BIG LOVE,

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  19. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    a very excellent and wonderful gift
    as is the word
    chortled

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  20. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    ACK, i exclaim!!!
    i learn now, moment to moment to receive the ripening of
    Darkness…but
    i just could NOT receive
    snow
    in any
    gracefull manner.
    bless all of you who do and can……………

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  21. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    fetal position…
    love this thought…

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  22. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    this too….a person, wrapped in cloth.
    beautiful

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  23. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    and i thought, maybe let it be a toad….
    but no. it’s a lizard without all of itself yet

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  24. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Sandy…it takes on more Clothness is what i love. just
    those two grasses change the weight of it, how it feels
    when i take it down and put it up. i no longer feel like
    i need to be careful. it is strong.

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  25. Nance Avatar
    Nance

    Short note… The grasses are the perfect lines… I knew you would come up with them on your own. I did not need to come point my finger at where they should go! they make me happy!

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  26. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    I love how grass is wispy and delicate and yet so strong and insistent. It perseveres. I love how it grows on your cloth… I’m hoping we get more snow this year, love snow. 🙂

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  27. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    you know, i am unaware of scale. and actually only really notice when someone else points it out.
    it’s really a Big Cloth. a little over 6ft wide, 3ft +
    top to bottom. thank you for again mentioning scale…
    i want to notice that…see what has happened this way…
    xoxo

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  28. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    good then. bueno. happy is good!

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  29. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Bless you then. you have SNOW and SNOW and SNOW!!!
    if i see a single flake, i’ll wave it in your direction.
    Snow is good here on the mountains, on the mesa. but
    here, on me and the lizards and toads, the clumps of
    grass…oh, just SunShine is good. we need an easy
    winter.

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  30. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Your weather last winter was pretty harsh if I remember correctly. Snow does make life a bit difficult around here. About 80% of the population doesn’t know how to drive in it (although they may think they do), but I still love it.

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  31. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Pretty darn amazing!

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  32. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    yes. and in this time of her being “away”, i look around
    some, not a lot, but some
    and there, for me, is nothing out there. there is
    Art, yes, Beauty, yes,
    but not Art/Beauty/Magic.
    she is singular.

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  33. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Gracie girl you make me smile! 🙂

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  34. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Ahhhh…a lizard! 🙂

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  35. Doris Avatar
    Doris

    I saw a little girl hugging a flower with eyes closed enjoying the smell.

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  36. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    and i just have to add..
    i love how things come together with just a little thing. we are learning so much about art when we stitch. i see things so differently.
    the lizard is wonderful.. hugging the morning glory. i still have a few flowers on my vine.
    couldn’t handle snow yet either. just not there yet..
    i miss jude too. i also am feeling an emptiness that isn’t being filled.
    feel like i am waiting..

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  37. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i LOVE this too!!!!………and yes…i could see that
    once you said the words…
    so…maybe a little girl lizard……..?

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  38. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    you know…it’s funny but i can’t really verbalize
    about WHY i feel so adrift without her relatively constant
    presence….i think i said it somewhere before, but it’s
    almost subliminal…
    i AM waiting, but also looking at that waiting. trying to
    understand it.

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  39. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    the grass lines are so brave & beautiful & bold & big! yet so very delicately shimmering… finding the essence of the wind with your thread… love it!

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  40. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    it’s how they really ARE….
    i need to get out there and take some pics of them.
    the Giant Secaton are taller than i am
    and yes…all winter, Wind moves them

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