Suddenly, suddenly yesterday...
Lost in some personal wandering. Settling in and calling this one
Seeking a Thinner Presence
It started like this
I jot things down as I go
I wrote the top line last waking from sleep. I'm not sure I am done with it. I will just look today. That pink thread, woven in as stitch but not secured. Could pull right out.
A Thinner Presence…something to ponder.
considering form a lot.
This is just wonderful…..at so many levels….i just experience this..fragile yet so full of life and the stance seems to say….yup..i am open to experience this ..!
Can’t take my eyes of it!
So much… such longing.
longing is so much more nebulous than wishing.
Roots and wings, grounded, with freedom to move to any place you wish or choose.
or at least imagine
No words are coming – just a deep response. Thank you. Your words are enough.
I am glad to connect in this way.
Life definitely wobbles from time to time. Generally, I think it best to be flexible enough to wobble with it. As to the thinness, we are better off allowing ourselves to be what we need to be as life ebbs and flows about us.
And through us…
That exquisite tension between fear and need and longing. You have illustrated it here so tenderly. The eyes… It’s amazing what you can do with stitch placed just so.
tension. yes. And how I find the tension of the stitch so much a tool to express it.
your words, your cloth, fill a space inside me with deep understanding ‘n joy. o yes, yes, yes to the magic of appearing ‘n disappearing! the beast with wings of woven thread, knowing she can take flight in a moment. poof! i can not describe how much i needed to see ‘n hear this… x
I have been overtaken by mood swings
The new base feels like Everything already. I know that feeling of wanting to be seen and of wishing to disappear all at once. Both sides are too much, balancing is hard work.
I agree Hazel. I’ve often said there are times when I feel invisible and target-like at the same time. sigh
So many things are more than one thing.
I’m a bit exhausted
Beautiful piece Jude 💙💓
Eyes searching for meaning
I love eyes.
Thank you, Jude, and to all who responded –
You help me see that I have been adding on protective layers lately. Not in a productive way. In a fearful way. You help me remember how the thinness of fiber and stitch centers me in ancient ground.
some days we see things we overlooked.
wobbly times indeed. Here we are.
yes, I am also feeling very much like this….
strange right?
Sometimes the need for fragility comes from within. Other times, it comes as a way of facing unforeseen events. It is important to acknowledge these times; a stepping back, a pause, a shedding of presence and verbiage and I am speaking only of myself because I tend to leave long winded comments! I see this time as necessary to the cleansing of spirit, heart and mind. In doing so, I have come to respect and understand that these fragile moments only serve to strengthen us if we acknowledge them and give them their proper place in our lives.
they do shape us in some silent way
Root in ancient ground … may it rise up through the earth and meet you on the soles of your feet. This is what I see the beast doing, making that connection.
I like what you have seen.
Oh, Jude. It’s ok to seek a thinner presence. For me, I find sometimes the World is too much with me, so I withdraw…write or stitch…or work with my herbs…and walk in Nature. I become thinner as I meld into something else. Until I am once again centered. Be well.
the magic in appearing and disappearing, it’s almost everything.
your words echo feelings in my heart and thoughts in my head, as Amaranda puts it so well “those are wobbly times”.
Worrying about the future of life in this changing world when I can’t step in the heat outside without becoming physically wobbly.
so hot up there!
a strong base to fall back on
beautiful
The idea of Base has become so big.
Thanks so much for sharing Jude, these are wobbly times .Be free be safe be happy, my heart goes with you friend of the ether X