i so much appreciate all the comments and Interest in this collage process. SO much. Thank you for each comment in the last days. I hope for more as it goes along….to help me See. And i might ask questions of You too. I think that would be a good idea.
i am interested in hearing that there is a heightened sense of sadness perceived in these pages. yesterday, i talked about great sadness . There is no other way possible to feel when living the momentum of destruction of so many lifeforms of this Earth. But also then, the collage image itself was to me comforting and yes….hopeful. I am hopefull that somehow Spirit will prevail and there can be a continuation of human love in some form. In the image, i could say that after all is said and done, Spirit will confer and re create what ever Spirit deems needed. And my favorite part of the image is the form on the wrist of the Spirit on the right, which i immediately and joyfully saw as an Earthworm. What is more a symbol of Hope than a worm? A worm in the garden of Gaia?
the page above. Maybe this one? I probably should have explained this one. The top image is of a soccer goal net created by kids at a Syrian refuge camp. With what was at hand. presented in the Nat Geo article as an example of the incredible resilience of Spirit of children in the most dire circumstances. The kids play. And below, a Healer in Venezuela who takes his patients into the river where they are supported by family as he works with the Spirit of the river to heal. They become well. Maybe she looks dead?
otherwise, what looks sad? Tell me.
so i followed the prompt for today and looked at them all together so far….almost half way through. And i really, like really love them and they are so much More than i would have imagined could come out of me. I don't want to change any thing.
This month will, i'm sure, change my cloth making. I am only working on the Evolution Cloth for the month. Not starting anything new. I want to wait.
The paper collage so far for me is a personal dialogue with self. a Conversation. What's on your mind today, grace? well, grace, lookie here….and me an grace talk a while. and figure out how to feel, how to go forward, how to love everything anyway. It's more, but that's enough for right now. The cloth making is how i try to create image for Others. Other human beings. Images of What I Love Anyway, everyday, love so hard.
so…those are some thoughts. There is another thing that is on my mind. And anyone's thoughts about that will be greatly appreciated. These collages, unlike Acey's, are made primarily with images that are the Art of other people. The drawings and paintings Acey sent me and then all the Photographic art from National Geographics all the photographers. It's the image that "makes" the collage. It's the materials used that gives strength and beauty to whatever it is you Do with it. An example is Jude's vast collection of incredible textiles…the megamendung for instance stands out, but also….so much of her fabric isn't Ordinary. and not easy or even possible to find if you go looking. I use Deb Lacativa's .fabrics. So…cloth is one thing. But the collage is very much another for me. I don't have a collection of paper anymore. i don't have Interesting and Unusual images to draw from. And i'm on the brink of feeling like i want to go in search of some but of equal weight, i DON"T want to. Nisargadatta: "do not add". So. This. and also…crediting the artists. I realized a little late that i don't give credit to the artists that Acey sent…she had left the words on the borders….i tore or cut them off, not thinking. eeeee
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