all day at Work Away,  i thought about the words:  Giving  mySelf  Permission.   It never went any further.  As  in maybe,  Permission for/to _________.    Fill  in the blank.   I just stayed with those three words.   And they somehow have to do with that thing about   Seamless.   And seamless not meaning that there are no seams,  but rather that the seams are connecters,  but not dividers.  Good enough for now.  So when i finally made it home i saw that the temperature is going to DROP tonight and there will be some rain and then, most likely Snow during the night.  So although i wanted to give myself permission to do nothing much at all,  i instead backed up the truck and unloaded that Grass Hay to keep it dry.  Necessary.   This permission does not give room for not doing things that are Necessary.   That done,  and Goats fed,  i thought about what i should do with the remaining hours of Light…, 3,  and Did give myself permission to just look at this Cloth for a while as the late day SUN illuminated it

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and i thought about whether or not i could give myself permission to make Cloths that had images that are not discernable as specific Things,  but just Forms.  

i looked at the wood box.  Half full and if there really IS snow,  eeeee so Splitting and Bringing in.  As i was carrying the last of it in i looked UP and

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to the North

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North East

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East

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the West.  So totally "normal"

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and only MOMENTS later,  the North.   you can see.  my hand was shaking.   I have NEVER seen anything like this in my 25 some years here or my 69 years Here.  

Such Incredible Beauty.

 

 

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21 responses to “speechless”

  1. Deborah Lacativa Avatar

    I’ve been waiting and hoping for you to come around to shapes for themselves and how they sit, play or just are with other shapes. Not trying to find things in the shapes, just letting them be.
    It’a a lot like weather.

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  2. Dana Avatar

    That is some kind of sky. It looks like it wants to gather you up and roll you away into a dream of light.

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  3. Mo Crow Avatar

    almost wordless in the wonder!

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  4. Saskia Van Herwaarden Avatar

    how our minds play tricks on us…there are no real limits to what is possible, to what we can do

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  5. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Inspirational, adventurous, curious and practical…..some of the many secrets of your success as a being I think.
    THAT sky THOSE skies!
    The painter,Turner(http://www.william-turner.org/) would have loved New Mexico!

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  6. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    wonder and joy..and seasonal movement here..so just stopping in to give myself a breath..and as always it is more//

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  7. ² Avatar
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    me smile with bright eyes
    also the cloth smile
    in the sunlight
    do you smile grace

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  8. Liz Avatar

    One word: numinous

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  9. beth Avatar

    Oh that sky!
    The shift of solstice and returning light. I’ve been unplugged for a bit. Love to you and all who gather here.

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  10. Jill Lee-Jones Avatar

    Beautiful memories of New Mexico. Happy Holidays Grace, I thought of you when I saw this…
    http://michelemeisterart.blogspot.com/2014/12/merry-christmas.html

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  11. grace Avatar

    it takes time to get places. I am very interested in this
    and will see what happens.

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  12. grace Avatar

    it was just so much a SURPRISE when i looked up….i had no
    idea what was happening. Often there will be that bronze
    copper Glow on the land and i thought this was the case but
    was involved in the getting in of the wood. It’s amazing to
    me that if i hadn’t chanced to look UP i would have never
    seen it.

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  13. grace Avatar

    it was Complete WONDER

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  14. grace Avatar

    no limits to what just IS….how much Don’t I see???????

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  15. grace Avatar

    yes, Turner. a painter that i first recognized as a child

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  16. grace Avatar

    we exchange breathing

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  17. grace Avatar

    Glow. yes. such a Glowing, an Illumination

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  18. grace Avatar

    i do. i smile. my eyes are bright

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  19. grace Avatar

    the holy Other

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  20. grace Avatar

    Jill…i asked and it’s called Ghost Rain. a phenomenon of
    heavy moisture in the air that on days of certain perfect
    temperature does not turn to snow but evaporates before reaching
    the earth and in this particular few moments, was captured and
    illuminated by the Setting Sun
    a perfect moment when everything was Just Right
    thank you for coming by and stopping a while…

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