A Deeper Place
I have been in this Frame of Mind, working on this one for a long slow while.
And slow rose up in my mind this morning, as a word, as a a concept, as the buzzword.
Maybe slow is not about speed. Many times things catch on because they are easy, or they are an excuse rather than an idea. Like ragged edge, boro, turns into an excuse not to turn the edge rather than the many other things it might be appreciated for. Maybe slow is not about speed but about depth.
I am building this Deeper Place and it is deep enough already to hold me for a while, out of sight, in restful yet deliberate going.
Ah…slow is my normal setting. It was difficult growing up with an exceptionally speedy father, I have gratefully sunk into slow in the years since leaving home.
This piece is like swimming in a dream.
When life doesn’t overwhelm and niggling fears don’t make one rush things….that’s when Slow , is such a natural feeling. Enjoying the presence and vibrancy of each thing…with delightful “Slowness” which feels cherished.
How generous you are Jude, with all you share and teach…thank you.
a natural feeling… i like that
Even after enlarging the photo, I still can’t figure out if the center id really 3-D or if it just looks like it. I’m not sure which intrigues me more.
I like your definition. That might include experience or involvement, which were what I often thought about with slow stitching, but is more than just that.
It is part of one of glennis’s shaded moons
Love the bit of mega mendung pattern… Deep yes, I also think of slow as considered, thoughtful, deliberate.
That pattern creeps in everwhere…and I love a good storm.
Perspective redefinition?
At every turn.
A wonderful, peaceful slow piece…pulls me in to stay a while and be still with it.
welcome then…
This struck me today as the most beautiful of any of your pieces I’ve seen. Soft, soft surround, silky blue anchoring square, leading the eye to the central eye. Passing through which is the Beyond. A portal. Moving from the created into the uncreated.
I think it is a new eye, or perhaps a very old one, once forgotten.
Oh my gosh the dimension of this one! Falling in and considering are the most appropriate responses!
Perhaps redefining is your way to enjoy language. Over here we make up words of change particular letters in words 🙂
the joy in that, yes!
there is something speedy about excuses, isn’t there… I am slowly adapting to a slower pace, repetition, simplicity… all these deep things. thanks for your guidance.
it’s about how it feels…
Thank you, Jude. By thinking of “slow” simply as a lack of speed, I am keeping myself in the mindset of the dominant culture with its idolization of speed, efficiency, etc. Looking at “slow” as “depth” takes me to a much wiser (deeper!) place. Much to ponder!
yeah, speed, arrrgh….
diving into the deep!
it’s cooler for now
“Slow” lets you delve beneath the surface…but, ach! poor lil stick bug 🙁
(and that cloth has the amazing quality of DEPTH to it…like one could just fall in….(again, poor lil bug)
Compassion, the world needs more of it.
I thought it was perched there until I enlarged the photo.
a Once in a Lifetime Cloth
Once. we get to live a life, so lucky to be here long enough to consider that.
Ahhhh, slow. This describes my experience of slow perfectly. Thank you for putting words to it!
so many things I can never seem to say
we have been working on Depth for so long. today I am thinking of depth in all directions. the incremental nature of that. Ease and gentleness might ‘catch on’ but only with awareness of how and why, I think.
ageing has a bit to do with it…
I like your description of slow 💙
I wonder why I need to redefine everything.