by jude
Sometimes what we do might just be an attempt to soften what seems a hard-edged world. What if learning could be seen as a kind of softening? The transformation of the sharp edge. As I age, I learn so much more about people. And I am able to accept them for who they are or even more importantly, who/what they think they are. You know, rather than just … who the fuck do you think you are? The cloth I […]
Categories: just going
by jude
I thought I would post these, just little things holding together. Instead of posting this, which is a bit much But it is how I was feeling, and well, I was also feeling free. Right here out in the open. Motherfuckers.
Categories: just going
by jude
From this point in the season, we can see into the forest. Here, beyond the garden fence and the birdboxes , which have, yes!, become homes to bluebirds, you can see the closest path we cleared, beyond that the path carved by the new stream, and then the mossy hill where the cedars begin. The cedars here are compromised by the new tree growth that was never managed. Tree guy has some ideas. I have recently begun reconsidering an old […]
Categories: double running stitch, just going, Thank You
by jude
She fell down in the rain. Face down in the dirt. I picked her up, washed her off and let her continue. A new addition to the garden. Moved from the porch. I am going to put some solar lights in there at night. Mullein is lifting off. Lavendar is refreshing. I have just started some sage seeds. it is still cold but not too cold. Just Floating in a Deep Pool of Thought today. I renamed this small cloth… […]
Categories: Deep Pool of Thought, Garden, just going, Stray Selves Series, THOUGHT CATCHING
by jude
The rain has stopped, for now, the chill has subsided somewhat, and it is spring as I have known it. A green haze of new growth forming. Chard is happily growing, And Magnolia has done her best to show up. And I feel the same somehow. Maybe you have noticed my usual energy and joy have been missing. Those of you who know me. (What a strange thing that can be, to assume, in this Web World) I have had […]
Categories: just going
by jude
Story I have been thinking a lot about story. And probably I will be talking about it more. A while back I created a story cloth that I called In The Same Boat. It is no longer with me here. Yesterday, suddenly another story began. Not In The Same Boat. I guess depending on your perspective, both stories could be true at the same time. Alone. We all can feel it. Even when we are not alone. Just like together. […]
Categories: just going, SMALL CLOTH, story, Stray Selves Series
by jude
Yesterday was a very special day. We spent hours outside, walking the property. Making paths. Looking. Sitting on rocks. I became unstuck. I didn’t even realize I was stuck until unstuck happened. A spring has sprung in our (let me stop thinking about “mine”) the woods here. I wore my Bird Robe. I stopped thinking about this robe as in process for a while, but I am always adding to it. This stitched spin, one of the first symbols I […]
Categories: just going
by jude
Mostly, lately, I feel like my big what if involves saying more than I need to. What if I just say it all? An experiment in revelation. Here, there, anywhere, anyone. Mostly it seems to go very wrong. Sharing what moves through you might have practical limits then. I am not sure what that is but I sense there is an expectation of a wider understanding, which is probably only imagined when we leave most of who we are […]
Categories: just going, Stray Selves Series
by jude
The man has his creative side too. Though he does not see that in himself. He redid the faces, (remember this?) He said they needed some updating. And then, after a day of trying to fix the insulation around the front door, since the cost of energy has skyrocketed, he left me a present which was a bit startling when I got up in the dark to pee. Interesting. Yarn on the heads, felt spider. Textile art. I have decided […]
Categories: just going