it's been almost a week i didn't make cloth.   I looked.  Every day.  But i did not stitch,  or even move pieces around.   Even though i did not take the small scraps off the table,  that for those days was a dining table,  just moved them to the far side,  moved the thread basket to the far side,  i didn't work cloth.    There was a

Pull.

Today i washed with my fingertips the pieces that had been sitting in a basket.

 

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and hung them to dry on the back of the chair.

 

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this one i left As Is.   i wanted to see the comparison.

 

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i fooled around with these faces.

And i kept thinking the words of Wendy's children.  

Children.

"I did not know that I could build a life with what I love.  The cloths taught me that.  I love the cloths."

"Can you heal the good back into me?   That is what I ask the cloths.   And they always answer Yes."

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7 responses to “Sandplay~Cloth making”

  1. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    I think my book is in the mail. This will be so hood for me to have. Meanwhile, I’m just getting my ducks in order for the operation Thursday (right eye). A little cloth play (no stitching, some card making, and it’s enough for now. How I love those little faces.

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  2. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    (Aurgh) GOOD not hood.

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  3. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    Sounds like ceremony- the washing. “can you heal the good back into me?” ,your faces ask questions too…wonder what they are asking? Are they comparing the washed cloth with you? Looking at the depth of color that the sun brings to them? Waiting? They are very lovely faces, Grace.
    Best wishes to Michelle in NYC with your surgery!
    Hope you find your answers little faces!

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  4. jude Avatar

    funny it seems only common sense. why build a life from what you don’t love? I’m back to “tell the children the truth”. How did that get lost?

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  5. Cynthia Avatar
    Cynthia

    it is a gift i think when common sense and reality collide..or even simply gently intersect….to live what you love…

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  6. Mo Crow Avatar

    these words by Carlos Castaneda keep resonating these last few weeks …
    “Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long long paths, but I am not anywhere. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn’t. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.
    Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path. A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it.”

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  7. grace Avatar

    i’m glad you will have one. it has great strength. i am
    STILL just stricken by it’s power and beauty. Wendy
    made something very rare and beautiful for All of us…
    i asked on your blog…but, here too…What time is your
    surgery? and how long does it last???? I’ll be “there”
    with you..
    LOVE….

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