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maybe i can't find words for it yet,   that    OF     …..    being OF    but this moves toward what it is to me….to be Of…..

this is  "my" Goat,   Mercy.   She and I,   SheI,   Us,   and all of them,   but right now,   Mercy.    Maybe the drawing tries to say it

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11 responses to “the thing of being OF”

  1. maria Avatar
    maria

    no words needed , the drawing say it al …. i understand

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  2. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Grace .. in my house you’re know as the Goat Lady. This drawing is amazing in that it opens up volumes of emotions of how intertwined the words goat and lady are. Wowza you absolutely nailed it in this drawing. Gentle hugs and love love love!!

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  3. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Yes says it all… OF the goats! I think you are OF a lot of things, the lizards, the lands, the peoples you have crossed paths with and of course your family which is spread farther than the hill.

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  4. Liz A Avatar

    the fluidity of line speaks to the fluidity of being

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  5. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    “being of”…and I thought of when the goats came, of Mercy so I went back in time, Feb. 201: You had a woman, Patricia and some of her interns, come to speak to you and share with you about goats; to offer some training. This is part of what you wrote:
    ” here comes Mercy. Onday’s daughter. Hops up on the stump. so…she got the actual first full Thing. the extended hand, READY?, leg touch, D!, which is exclaimed brightly and a peanut given. this goes on a while….leg touching, and with successes, D!/Peanut. then READY? and leg lifted….a clip of the hoof. same routine again over and over and over. with each clip of the hoof, D!/Peanut… after her front feet, she jumped down. and so the focus went back to Onday, who would now come toward but not make contact. this goes on and on and now, Mercy is getting between all the rest when they get close to Patricia. ..”
    And part of what I wrote in response to that post was this:
    How if we care deeply, can see beyond ourselves to inclusion, then our experiences are interwoven,human, animal,plant, mineral, all connected… thi
    https://windthread.typepad.com/windthread/2014/02/348.html

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    hugs and love received….

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…OF. Of so much

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    that’s a beauty full word, Liz, fluidity feels good
    in my mouth

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    looooong post of a BeautyFULL day. I was so so Lucky to
    have that life, so incredibly lucky

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  10. Nancy Avatar

    Being “of”…so much to consider in the layers of this.
    My best friend always said she was “pregnant ‘of’ – (insert child’s name, she has three). I always took note of the “of” and considered it and how was it different from being pregnant with?
    Your drawing says so very much.
    xo

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