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because of an Odd Circumstance that appeared last evening,  i spent this morning going through two of the large dresser drawers that are in the ROOM.  they are big drawers.  They WERE full of stuff, all kinds and when looking for what the Odd Circumstance called for,  and in keeping still with Dana's blog post,  i was Rapt!   What Stuff i had in them!  All kinds.  and yes, in keeping with Dana's post,  i Sorted.   All of it was wonderful,  but not all of it did i need to Keep.  Actually,  very little.  The wonderful non keepers will go to the Thrift Shop where someone like me will be ecstatic.  Maybe even me.  I have bought my own stuff back.  But this morning,  it was such a freeing feeling and i found some things that i had though were disappeared for all i knew. 

This, above.  A oh so totally Great drawing of  Michelle's.   I have an odd system for keeping things.  Many go into old calenders and old magazines from the 70's and between pages of large books.  I had no idea where this was and was SO happy to find it this morning and basted it to the curtain here in front of me,  on the piece of Maria Cloth and it's just so incredibly Fine

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and i worked some at the positioning of the right arm.  I did this by standing  like "she" is and feeling my own arm if i were to be gesturing as  "she" is.  This is similar to what i used to do when i wanted to know how to carve a certain "look" on the face mask of one of the "dolls",  i would feel my own face with my finger tips,  feel the bones.  It's closer today.  And i basted down with just a little tack,  the little joys,  so when i am moving the cloth around, i don't lose them…they are so small…they are not in any particular place and may move and more may be added or not,  but this,  just so i could get the feeling of things.  The harem cloth placed in the middle.  The outside rims invisibly basted.  Ok.  and the Feel of this cloth is already Good.  Really Good.  

that reverse comma shape at the hem of her might or might not be a lizard.  We'll see.  it's a piece of some edging from that kind of lace that i cannot ever remember the name of,  the thick lace.  Deanna 7 Trees knows.   

and i want to say here that the cloth that is the World for all this to take place in,  the Ground cloth is of Deb Lacativa….her sensitivity,  her magic.

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directly Over head,  at 5:28 p.m.  when i was feeding the Goats the last for the day,  this SKY…

 

 

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11 responses to “another today”

  1. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Artistry abounding:
    Michelle’s’ wonderful and exquisite drawing; the plant woman, she, the muse of the pot, with headdress of plants and the fitting backdrop cloth for her, Maria’s strong, earthy, and beautiful dyed cloth.
    Your woman of joy, changing her pose to pivot toward whatever it is that she sees in her joy confetti, aligned with the multi-hued rainbow genius of Debs’s fabulous back cloth.
    When we surround ourselves with the works of others, with their vision, their heart, their creativity, and combine it with ours, there is joy.

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  2. Liz Avatar

    The arm is so much more right … and I love this image of you feeling the bones in your face, the better to know and to create. You are a wonder.
    And oh, thank you for making me laugh out loud … buying your own stuff back (not that I’ve ever had second thoughts about giving something away … she said with tongue in cheek and wistful memories of a wonderfully worn pair of leather work boots)

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  3. grace Avatar

    yes, Marti. we are doing this more and more, aren’t we. And the multiplication of single intent is rising into a Strong and BeautyFull Energy. and it is joyful. yup.

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  4. grace Avatar

    o Jeez…worn leather work boots…How COULD you??????????????????
    i have often bought my own stuff back that was Thrift Shop stuff before i became my own…so very incestuous, really, but i have. For the most part tho, no. and I love it when i go a few days after i have anonymously dropped things off in their outside bin on Monday when no one is there and i go, say maybe on Thursday and there is no sign at all of my stuff. It’s such a happy feeling.
    but your boots…i am stuck on them…What Size were they??????
    Lust.
    I had some really great and elegant “snake boots”, steel toe,
    that i had left in the Albatros for a summer and the mice had done a thing to and i was broken hearted

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  5. Liz Avatar

    The boots were actually my daughter’s … bought when she was in 5th grade (I think). They were men’s 6 1/2 … then she went through four shoe sizes in one summer and I inherited them.
    When we were getting ready to move from Virginia to Texas, I was downsizing mercilessly … thinking that we would never (never say never) have a large yard and that it would be too hot for high boots, I brought them to a clothing donation center. I’d like to think someone is still using them.
    Well, I learned on our very first day in Woodcreek about buffalo burs … that was the last time I walked outside barefoot. And one year after that, we put a contract on a five acre homestead.
    Yep … never say never. I will say though that there are not many other things that I have missed from that downsizing.

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  6. Dana Avatar

    Michelle’s drawing and the cloth are related to my eye…the colors and the feeling. What a wonderful thing to find in your dresser! I agree with Liz, the arm of the cloth woman is much better in its new position.

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  7. Nancyk Avatar

    this day
    so perfect
    for an odd circumstance
    gesturing
    acknowledging
    your human form
    and the sky
    i shared that with you

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    but that ‘s the thing about recycling…someone was GLAD

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. maybe still some small changes… but i like very much
    that so few plain pieces can convey Something want to keep
    with that. That’s from Jude’s Patchwork Beasts. and we
    are
    beasts, too

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    nice. Really Really NICE, your poem words here and yes,
    the Shared Sky

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  11. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    I didn’t say so yesterday when late at night I looked in and saw the photograph of my drawing loosely stitched to your curtain…but i felt very honored. I must admit I don’t remember sending it to you. It was like seeing it anew when it appeared here.

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