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i oh so much miss my Wall in the ROOM.  but i don't have that.   it's How it Is.  and so….how to go forward?   How to figure out what's going on in my head that i am so stuck.   and how to work with the lack of space,  like that table i had,  the round one.  in that Room.  Which i don't have,  or any reasonable facsimile there of.   HOW.  the word of the moment.  how.

all those pieces of cloth,  hanging together on the left,  that i pulled from baskets at random,  fast,  no time for thinking,  just what caught my eye…and i see that almost all of them are GREEN or some variation….so different from the browns  of  the desert,  where i no longer am.  How long will it take me to find my self here?  To begin "coming from" here?  having a strong sense of here?   I am realizing that i can't Make it happen,  can't push at it.   The second pic is from a willingness to just let whatever arises,  arise and not need to have anything at all "in mind".  I Like it.  it Feels Good.

the fire in Butte County is near.  But unless a surprising change in WIND,  it will not come to the Hill.  I'll go to dream now.

 

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21 responses to “a looking wall”

  1. Deb Avatar
    Deb

    I saw news of the fire and have been mapping this and that, watching. Thinking hard on your safety. You tribe. Your hill.

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  2. Michelle Slater Avatar

    Saw Debs post at FB about the fire….googled a map to see how close. I am hoping and watching too.

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  3. jaime Avatar
    jaime

    May you be safe, dear Grace. Love you.

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  4. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    Grace, be safe. Like Deb, I am thinking hard on your safety. And the people of Paradise.

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  5. Mo Crow Avatar

    maybe it’s time to weave yourself a studio space out of branches with a thatched grass roof!

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  6. Nancy Krampf Avatar

    Dear One, sending prayers…u r always in my thoughts and prayers.

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  7. Liz A Avatar

    First and foremost, may you be safe
    And then, may you find your way to a creative space that gives you happiness …

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  8. jude Avatar

    gosh that fire is moving fast….

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  9. dee Avatar

    Saw the fire maps too and pray you and yours will be okay. And also wishing that your creativity finds a path and a way soon.

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  10. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Please be safe because it doesn’t look like this fire is in any way contained now, so relieved you posted because I was off computer last night and just now have come here. News reports say the town of Paradise is gone. Daughter who lives in San Francisco told me this morning that they can smell smoke over there from this fire.
    Have such fond memories of Paradise:Years ago had friends who lived there. When our girls were 8 yrs old, they invited us for the weekend to choose and cut a Christmas tree on their property. Had a pot bellied stove in the living room and we sat around drinking tea and cocoa while a stew bubbled away…they moved several years ago but that weekend with them is a treasured memory.
    As frustrating as it is now, no big round table, no big wall, cloth will find a way, you will find a way…

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  11. Nancy Avatar

    Came here to check on you. EX MIL and BIL and his family all in Paradise. SoCal fires going mad now. Just checked on my sister and last night on a friend near that way too. Looks like it could burn all the way through to ocean in Malibu. Hopefully not. Nothing in my area. I HAVE been thinking of you, just so much going on. If they say get out, do it! This is California wild fires. xo

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  12. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    also looking and waiting

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  13. Suzanna Avatar

    Be safe Grace. We’re getting lots of smoke down here. Hope you’re ok. Sending love. ❤️🙏❤️

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  14. Mo Crow Avatar

    yikes just had a look at the news that fire up your way is huge

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  15. KAMFreeman Avatar

    Glad the winds are for now in your favor…fire is such a challenge, how well I remember living on the Trinity, sitting in my little library on the reservation and seeing the hill just one block away go up in flames…fire is fast and spare few.
    Love the piece in photo number two…a different energy…perhaps the land is coming through in y our work more than you know…I look forward to watching this one develop.
    Best, Kristin

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  16. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    You and everyone are in my thoughts and praying in my own way. Just looked at the news and read they are ordering Chico to evacuate. I am not sure of what time that news piece was posted, as I came here to “see” what you know. It may be some time before we here from you.
    In my safe sancuary in MN we are having a very cold spell, high winds and snow blowing. I am working in my craft room clearing out clutter and cant wait to have only the small size of a camper van to keep me under control!!
    Take care and hope to be able to hear from you soon.

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  17. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    it has just started to snow here..i wish i could send it to you..be safe..I so remember some special summesr where my parents had good friends in Paradise and they had a little boy my age..they had planted a circle of pine trees..lieralyy a close circle..and it made the most amazing secret place..the center full of needles..the shade and the wonderful smell on summer days…
    so silly that i still have this vision of that space..i guess i wanted to think of it as towering and safe..and those were just the thoughts i had for the trees..know how much you’d those you love are being held in hearts..well also in about every other breath and thought actually..take care
    gentle day grace.

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  18. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    oops literally..and may your space somehow grow ..

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  19. Nancy Avatar

    Stay safe Grace and Family. I’m thinking of you.

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    just say hello

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  21. grace Forrest Avatar

    Hello, Maria of Belgium, Love,love

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