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maybe a day better left Blank?

just a work away day, really.

and then when i returned,  a long on the phone with the Old Cowboy et al day.   The day did not belong to me,  but to the world.  But, i think…how many of Us out There have so many days like this?  maybe even the Majority?  So here it is for what it is

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"Available" light.  Not much by 4 something Oclock

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and it's really ok.  This is how it IS as we move so close to Solstice.   Standing,  Looking,  i thought how really great that it takes only 12 months  "12 months", to move around the Circle and how beautifully it all is arranged,  the moving, and the changing from this to that.  REALLY,  how totally GRAND  it is.   That just as we feel it is ENOUGH!!!!,  we begin to Turn Again.   There could not be a finer plan.  

And the Granddaughter is coming Into Her Own.  In the conversation,  i said something about maybe making cloths that are too personally oriented.  And she said like what?  and i talked about this one and she wondered why i thought it was "personal"?….  "There are a lot of women who have dogs". …"That's not personal"    as Jude would say…Ha.

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stuffed in the Neighborhood Box Unit today  ….   see that her "skirt " is made of grasses?

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see that?   The First Artists      I haven't read yet,  but there it is in bold Print…..Artists.  Maybe i might understand something about that reference….Artist.  What is considered to be the work of an Artist.   I believe in National Geographic.

Update on the thing in my nose.  It seems like it's "flat" today rather than upright yesterday.  Will wait a day or so.  See if it goes away.

 

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5 responses to “maybe a day better left Blank?”

  1. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    I’ve been running around from gallery, to meditation, to party and film. I’ve got myself a wicked cold and very much nose involved…you might try a neti pot with luke warm water (I add some aloe juice and a grain or two of salt) If you have no pot, try it with a bowl of water sticking your nose in then inhale and blow out several times. Might help…something may have scratched your nasal passage and a scab formed. hope it feels better soon. I’ve been sleeping and eating and drinking tea for two days now…Hope we are both well for Splstice.

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    Michelle in NYC

    Ha–SOLSTICE (NO P can’t even pronounce the typo way 🙂

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  3. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    loved National Geographic when I was a kid but haven’t read one for at least 40 years!
    & re art and stitching and putting the work out in the world, this is a rave that I wrote about ten years ago to an artist friend who was feeling odd about selling her most personal work, I will share it here (just hope it’s not too long winded)
    I love that you are selling your fine stitching it is so beautiful and full of your deep heart and generous soul!
    As artists that is what we do, we are the filters for the world, letting the world in through our eyes and hearts and giving it back with what falls out of our hands
    where else does the work come from but deep in our dreams…
    the day to day of living…
    the sorrows…
    the joys…
    the fears…
    the anger…
    the wonder…
    the excitement…
    the pain…
    it’s in the process of seeing and feeling and then transforming
    that’s art
    the world needs those pieces that come out of the artist’s heart and soul…
    & we give it to them…
    because there’s always more…
    people have such huge deep hearts and plenty of soul & giving a bit away just makes room for more…
    & really no art is made without lots of dark rich blood flowing through it, and it quite often needs a few tears of frustration and even anger & a lot of sweat and stripped back to the bare bones honesty to yourself… to get to the truth… cause that’s what this artist’s life is all about… finding your truth, no one else’s otherwise it’s not the real thing & it won’t speak true
    Saying all that though it also needs objectivity…
    a plan does help with making art, whilst doing the degree in Visual Arts the glass department was into autonomous learning but keeping an objective eye on the work by using a scientific way of looking at things-
    Aim
    Method
    Materials
    Conclusion
    when I was in second year the teachers said my work wasn’t objective enough & I simply could not get my head around that, art making is a subjective experience after all!
    A friend who was doing a doctorate in semantics helped me understand…
    She asked, “What are you making?”
    I said, “Glass dragons”
    she said, “Tell me what you know about dragons.”
    So I talked at length about the history of dragons in myths from all around the world & the various lizard dragons that live on earth now and in prehistoric times.
    Then she asked, “How does what you know about dragons relate to the dragons you are casting in glass?”
    & in that moment a lightbulb came on in my head, suddenly I was able to view my art objectively, taking the me as maker/dreamer out of the work and seeing how it relates in the context of other similar work in the world.
    Now I am such an outsider it doesn’t matter, I can only make the work and hope for the best & then make the next dream thing that needs to get done in the few short years I have left on this planet!

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  4. grace Avatar
    grace

    oh, eeeee, i CAN”T stick my nose in a bowl. I am just waiting.
    and to you, i send such get well soon Vibes…..

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  5. grace Avatar
    grace

    i am reading and re reading.

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