what to do about…..worry?  it's a legitimate spontaneous response to some things, maybe?  I found self worried that i might be Causing worry for others,  due to the particular circumstances of the day.

but i got to REVIEW what all i have come to think about Worry.    so, that was good.  When we can't Know something,  when there's no way,  there is no Use to worry.   Whatever is,  is.  i think that's about it.   But then,  it still rises up.   so,  i got caught up in it for a while and then it wore me out and  i reminded self of the above.  

so,  i could be less predictable with posting.  That would correct what happened last night and on for the most part of the early day.   i could post now and then, off and on.   then  i would not cause worry.    but i do like the discipline of posting every day.    So, for now,  if i am not here when you expect me,  check other Typepad people,  Spirit Cloth, Jude, for one.   that should provide an answer.  and/or Email me.  that's google,  so wouldn't be affected.   so….we'll let it go at that for now.

 

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certain things are important here.  that their knees touch.  and  that Lizard is touching Her with her hand.  that Lizard is close to what the Whiptails really look like here… this would be the blue tail.  I don't know if i like that stem.  and also the tail of Lizard…does it go over or under the stem?  That piece of Sky has moved all over.   and i totally removed it for a while.  but it's back on for time  being.  don't know.

the Green Beans are UP,  some of the Chard.   Nothing from over in Neighborland,  but we are feeling it here.  Doe Goats are restless in the smaller space.  they had gotten used to the other.

 

 

 

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25 responses to “the Thing: ~Worry~”

  1. ² Avatar
    ²

    love for
    the growing cloth
    the growing you
    the growing me
    the growing all of you here
    you all give water ….

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  2. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Oh my gosh—I didn’t see the little person with the lizard till just now. Magic! and the stem is blue.
    I hope the goats staying confined is not permanent. It occurs to me she may be allergic to hay. Seriously maybe she is actually ill…..totally sympathize with the concern about her. Hope there is some friendly exchange soon to ease the silence. Meanwhile love that you posted again…and seeing the little being…and you.

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  3. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    grace, we have to trust you to be alright. . .to handle whatever comes up and reappear when you can. i wondered about you last night. decided not to worry.
    your sunflower really carries the strength of these beings. love the ones beneath her.

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  4. Saskia Van Herwaarden Avatar

    good to know you’re always OK (you mentioned this in another post) so no to worry, you nor me; this cloth looks promising, I love how she & the lizard have materialized, from paper to cloth, nice.

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  5. patricia Avatar

    i guess worry and concern are different. and being a “recovering” worrier warrior–ha–i can vouch for the uselessness of it all.
    actually, when i awoke to “no post” i thought, hmmmm, maybe Grace is just processing privately. privately but with a lot of cyber folk support. could you feel it?

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  6. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Big sigh when I enlarged the cloth, lizard tail is so splendiforously (made up word) thread webbed…would like to see tail come up and curve into woman’s shoulder, it’s about the bond between them…see, I get a lot of story from just those two elements on the cloth.

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  7. beth Avatar

    I do know this burden of causing worry. One of my mother’s words was frantic. As in: I was FRANTIC with worry when you didn’t call. Myself? I do much better at not assuming the worst. Smile.
    And the stem… Think of the sunflower plant. Strong, sturdy, and straight stalk to support that heavily laden bendy flower head. Loving this woman and lizard in the shade of the sunflower.

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  8. Mo Crow Avatar

    I love how you have translated your drawing to cloth there is a sculptural aspect in the work which is a delight
    and re Worry
    sometimes I get worried but when I flip the story and have a look at what is causing the consternation from the other side, there is always a way to make it a win/win situation for both sides and it’s worth the effort as it makes for harmony

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  9. yvette Avatar

    the goats worrie with you
    please don’t worry
    love all your bits and pieces

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  10. grace Avatar

    we do. we all Give Water. We All Give Life.

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  11. grace Avatar

    yes. two on the Raft. the Raft with no water, but sand.
    yup. and the stem…it needs to change.
    well…i suppose…allergy?, but that was not the complaint. the complaint was that the smell goes Into her food.

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  12. grace Avatar

    we all work on not worrying. this is nothing but good.
    good work. again, i try to translate these details of
    my own small experience here to the vast complexities of
    the Planet. Dis agree. Different View. What to do???

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  13. grace Avatar

    materialized. like that word…materialized….

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  14. grace Avatar

    yes, i Can feel it…and it is the Ground i move from
    right now. this is not, NOT easy. I don’t like it. but
    it’s what showed up.

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  15. grace Avatar

    i am Glad…, a lot of story, i can See so much through
    my own eyes…but it is difficult to stand away and try
    to understand what another might see

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  16. grace Avatar

    i was brought up assuming the worst. i think, maybe a lot like you?, but assuming the worst. it’s taken my whole
    Life to learn to let things be.
    You are right about the stem/stalk. and yes. how the
    Plant People care for us, shelter us. “just plants”..?
    No. Plant People.

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  17. grace Avatar

    is there? always a way to the Win/Win? i am not sure.
    it should always be sought…but can it be found?, always?
    i’m not sure.
    a lot of times, one energy needs to just disengage. i can do that for myself, but not for the Goats. this is tricky.

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  18. grace Avatar

    i know. the energy here right now is jagged. felt by
    all. me/Goats/dog/cat even the birds are unnerved.
    the cloth soothes.

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  19. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    I think, sometimes, lie low as you say. wait for the dust and the crazy energies to settle. act only if we have to.

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  20. Mo Crow Avatar

    well y’know speaking as an old hippie anti-war & environmental activist I have to believe that there is always a way that peace can be negotiated with kindness, humour and diplomacy by listening to both sides of the situation and finding the middle ground.

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  21. grace Avatar

    The Eight Fold Path
    as i was taught, in Eugene, Oregon, many years ago….
    The Eight Fold Path, antidote to the 12 links of Causality
    Right Views: Complete openness without judgement
    Right Attention: Complete attention. there is nothing here
    but a body, a thought, a phenomena
    a dismantling of personality.
    Right Intention: to see how things really are.
    No need to intensify/reduce
    As Is. invite realities. As Is.
    Right Speech: truth, simple, direct
    Right Morality/Action: seeing what needs to be done,
    doing it, MANY TIMES NOTHING
    Right Livlihood: living simply with minimal exploitation.
    simple/direct/useful
    Right Meditation.
    Not Causing. Just Being Not Causing. Stillness….unconditional awareness
    these are the notes i took when i was taking my first buddhist teachings. these are the notes i took of the Eight Fold Path when i took refuge, when the Lama cut my hair and placed it into his book. my hair…remains. somewhere. is that Lama still living?…i don’t know. but somewhere is his book. and my hair is in it.

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  22. grace Avatar

    yes., Mo…i have lived your life too. and yes…these
    beliefs. we’ll see.
    both here in my oh so small world
    and THERE in this THREATENED PLANET.

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  23. Mo Crow Avatar

    here there it’s the same place, we are all eyes looking out for the planet and each other

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  24. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    I return to these teachings time and again as well. never formally taking refuge. . .yet taking refuge in my heart. it is the only thing that makes sense.

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  25. grace Forrest Avatar

    OH…Oh!…reading your comment…
    OH…yes. Hair.
    how much hair is important when i try to depict with cloth
    i’d never made this connection…hair.
    this is pretty amazing….and THUNDER MAN is just a small
    distance away, so i can’t keep being here…but…
    hair.
    YUP.
    there it is.
    love….

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