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it happened again.   Yesterday….the NYT to help me think about Covid.  Today,  it's NPR to surprise me.   To help me think about Resistance.   About all that i have been working through is in fact,   Resistance.

and of course.   it began this morning at first light with 1  2  and  3.    the quiet Beauty of how things are.  and then….3 insisted.  To be amidst the Quiet,   the cloth i have always called,  in my own mind,  not aloud,  always called the Warrior cloth.  Never aloud because of misinterpretation…warrior…concept of warrior… This, .the Stand and Face What You Know kind of woman warrior.  The No Te Rindas warrior woman.    we could use the thing of        Resistance.    i wish i could have worn the dress.   it didn't fit.  But this allows it to be here now,  in this way.  This morning.  in the days of the coming of the New Year,  so in need of understanding this kind of     Resistance.   

4 was immediately there.   But i looked and looked for what seemed like forever for 5 which i remembered but couldn't picture,  but knew i would recognize.     And finally…yes.   5.     and to Stop      at this point.   Sit with this much.   Let them be fully what they Are.

NPR All Things Considered.   How to think about rest as a form of resistance.  Shereen Marisol Meraji interview with Trisha Hersey.   

Rest as Resistance

Our productivity equates to our worth.

……,   my productivity equates to my sense of self worth.     productivity means  Making.    I must be Making.

this is going to take time.   deep time.   but it's the answer to so much that i wasn't understanding.       even in the cloth making,   the  buying into capitalism,  the driver of this culture.      

Another Atmospheric River.   Deluge.     HUGE WIND.   making these thoughts even more clear.

i look forward to tomorrow,  to 6.   i have no idea.

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6 responses to “for my own blanket”

  1. Nancy Avatar

    Oh this is just right Grace. All of it.
    “rest as a form of resistance”
    I come so many times, to check and look and see if the new has a arrived here. Like waiting for a holiday, anxiously…like a page turner.
    “rest as a form of resistance” – permission to rest 🙂
    I’ve been doing that a lot, resting.

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  2. grace Forrest Avatar

    this is a BIG THING. i really don’t know how to rest. i thought i did.
    just love the thoughts that are flowing now…what it really means…is really very Grand.
    I wish you such soft Rest, such Easy rest. I think often in the last few days of Metta. a mantra for Resting Easy….things come around.
    We learn, we learn.
    LOVE to you, dear You

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  3. Deb G Avatar

    The idea to make and sell is a huge thing in my family, as well as our society. That’s the first layer for me. To make as a form of resting, as a journal, as a way of processing emotions and thoughts…not so much. To just rest…yes it is resistance.
    The wind is calming here, a break in the rain. Flood watch this morning for the coastal areas. High tide combined with the weather….

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  4. CatherinE Avatar

    I imagine you resting under your handmade spiral blanket. Maybe there’s rain and wind, but you are warm and safe.

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  5. maria Avatar
    maria

    Rust als ” weerstand ” of ” verzet ”
    rest as ” resistance” or as ” opposition ”
    Deb thank you for the link ( or oldest daughter’s name Marisol )
    Grace thank you to to bring this here on the blog

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