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the Presence of WIND

so,  i began stitching a slight strand of Wind.  near the bird.   then, for whatever reason got caught up kantha-ing the entire piece of Sun.  all day.  finished about 4pm, put cloth on wall, and knew it wasn't at all right.  took it down and REMOVED all the kantha.  back up on wall and there, some how atop the pile of scraps in the basket below,  …WIND…  .  and this morning, i am looking, really wishing there was a way i could leave the thread strands loose,  not stitched down at all,  leave them Exactly like they are in this moment

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17 responses to “the Presence of WIND”

  1. jude Avatar
    jude

    well you could, and just let it fall where it may over and over again. you found a lovely kite.

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  2. handstories Avatar
    handstories

    yes, just leave them where they lay/blow. & if you want them exactly where they are NOW, you could tack them down w/couching-catching hold of your beautiful wind.x

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  3. ;uie Avatar
    ;uie

    Why can’t you do just that, let them flow; maybe one tiny stitch to connect the thread to the cloth at some point letting the strands catch the air currents…for me, it is a revelation that you stepped back and looked and removed your most beloved stitch, the kantha. Tells me that the cloth is definitely sharing a conversation with you…

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Wind in it’s kite disguise

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    will give the couching a try…but oh, eee.
    This is the one that’s traveling to Michigan. have to
    keep that in mind.

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i kind of knew part way through that it wasn’t how it
    needed to be…but really didn’t think about the WIND
    until i saw that scrap…which is really, just a square
    sitting there

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  7. deb Avatar
    deb

    I did it once..dozens of tiny pins, dozens of tiny silk stitches and when it was all done..I wasn’t happy because you can’t stitch down the wind.

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  8. grace Avatar
    grace

    no. but i have to keep trying with Wind. it’s so much
    a part of Everything for me.
    i thought of using the gauze again, i did that once
    but that didn’t work how i imagined. or silk…i have
    some of Glennis’ beautiful silk but oh, and eee again,
    no. Wind in my life is not silk. it’s thread. or
    filaments or even tough fiber, like yucca fibers.
    anyway…ive begun replicating sorta the spontaneous
    ness with single strand split back stitch. it will maybe
    be ok.

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  9. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Got me thinking about wind… that its invisible. And so for you, its thread. Which is kind of a wind map in its own right. Mapping wind movement, a drawn line – a moving dot. Trajectory, like my thoughts about this. Darting, this way and that and swirling with ideas. Windy.
    Which took me to the house my grandparents built on Cape Cod, next to a lighthouse on a bluff. They called the house Windy Pasture. So windy that my grandmother couldn’t grow much in the front of the house. Especially lupine, which she so wanted to grow. In the back she had an enclosed garden. Memories all surfacing thanks to your wind-thread 🙂

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  10. Chris Linton Avatar
    Chris Linton

    Leave the threads loose – I like them so much, I love loose threads on work to give it texture and freedom.

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  11. yvette Avatar
    yvette

    yes memories and conversations, explorarions( bought a book from Joanna macy) we are blowing in the wind

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  12. yvette Avatar
    yvette

    o ja…feeling is in the belly the place where your eye is
    eyebelly bellyeye
    belle

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  13. grace Avatar
    grace

    thank you for that story. you are deep in memory aren’t you.
    Love,

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    HEY Chris…thank you for coming! and i love them too.
    but this cloth is going away for awhile and to people
    who don’t look at cloth i don’t think, so i’m thinking
    i need to do a little something. Maybe when it gets
    back home, i can let them loose.

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  15. grace Avatar
    grace

    yvette…i am so happy you got a J Macy book. Which one?
    i found her so good.

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. it’s the Center. la belle center, i am.

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  17. nadia Avatar
    nadia

    Hi, Grace. Love how this is developing. I like the threads exactly as they are (the movement is perfect) so I would be tempted to tack them or couch them down, or else trace them with a fine pen and cover the lines with stitching. It will be interesting to see what you do.
    And have a very happy holiday season with lots of stitching!
    best, nadia

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