Ding!
I am convinced it is useful to be able to look at things differently. From both "sides" is a beginning and then from every angle which is certainly more enlightening. Every voice is generated by new eyes. If we could only respect that for what it is. In ourselves. In others. Oh what a party it might turn into.
I'm too old for bullshit. I need a T shirt that says that.
A Darker Sun. Again. Obviously the eclipse is coming and my thoughts were already containing that. The center component made months ago but I will get to all that. Just gathering all my little loose patches so I might begin sharing them in the kind of detail they deserve. But a darker sun, and how that might change the concept of light and dark. Just thinking. What forms will emerge?
Nine for Inside Out is a self portrait. I made it long ago and kept it here with me because I knew I might need it now and then. It is pinned to another important work I call Organizing A Shift.
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I just love your titles for your Pieces, Judith. And the eclipse is a perfect comparison to your “dark sun”. Looking at both sides in life experience is not easy but I love looking at both sides of your fabric, your creations.
Ha, those sides, yes!
How many times have I said “I’m too old for this nonsense”.
This is our dark time of year. The sun is not seen for days and sometimes weeks. Sometimes a glimmer of blue and now and then a sunny day. Spring and sunshine will come again and in a few months I’ll be complaining about too much sun and the darkness of winter will be forgotten like the pain of childbirth.
we forget so many times… round and round and round.
Looking at things from both sides…so difficult at times, often I try and recenter myself before going back to all those different sides and trying to be open to what is there. the Forever Zone will be such a wonderful place to return to in May! Hugs to you!!!
we are so encouraged to limit out view. I continue to try to expand it. Sometimes it even hurts.
Our sun is dark, even hidden in the clouds illuminated by its warmth. Give me truth over bullshit any day! Damn the treachery, trickery, or injustices. Excited for the calm of new class time.
yes, some calm focus will be nice.
Totally agree……………
hey hi!
“Too old for bullshit” – I’d wear that t-shirt too. Too old and too tired but can’t seem to escape it lately. Darker sun, indeed.
trying to find a use for it…
Yes, inside-out, what’s inside the story, if we could ust be inside of each other, in the unseen dark of ourselves, we might know new truths.
I think so, the depths are limitless.
Oh Jude, those blocks are beautiful! The dark sun draws me in, and the basket sun just radiates! I experienced a total eclipse near my home in 2017 – it was amazing. The sky turned dark & it suddenly became very cold. I was in farm country, and the roosters started crowing & horses whinnied. Your dark sun brought back this memory. I think it’s good to experience new & different things, especially things that may shift our ideas about what is “normal”. Thanks so much for sharing, Jude! I’m looking forward to the class in April.
yeah, normal, such a small idea…
I could say it as you say it. Today I will say “I am too old for second rate compromise.” Because it leads to lower and lower compromises which lead to the kind of mess we see around us. But hey, today I am more a basket case than a basket sun. When I get some rest, I’ll tackle spring cleaning.
oh basket case, will consider that.
Thinking about the season, how we are almost equal parts day/night. And then tilt, the angle changes… Yes, accepting that there are different perspectives would change our world….
i like that word tilt. Lean.
That’s helpful. Feeling a lot of melancholy right now. Good to not push that away.
every bit of everything is useful.
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Hi Arlee.
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hey
A darker son, indeed.
(Pun intended)
Today I rejoice in sparkling dew and brilliant birdsong, yet I see the shadows.
I, too, am too old for the bullshit.
(Unless it’s for my garden compost)
Hah!
yeah, that’s the good shit
A darker sun is right! The shadow sides, or the rat in my hat, while my face wears a sunny smile and sparkly eyes.
Good tinkering!
I like this concept of finding the Light by entering into the Darkness. It’s Universal.
there are new imaginings
great words!