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derivation

July 1, 2022 by jude

Mantra Sanskrit Derived from the word think. Thought catching then. Repeating the sense of this floating through time. Maybe at least 9 times. This one, time is more obviously not standing still. And perhaps the nine, more obviously a kind of personal logic, to hold something. I am not a Buddhist. I am trying to remind myself. about Just Going. Maybe I am a NINE-ist. Clever,,, but really, I don’t like to call myself anything. Labels divide us.

Categories: just going, nine, SMALL CLOTH

Trust

June 30, 2022 by jude

What if, was the question. What if Trust could be something like floating through time? That simple. I’ve been distracted from things here, the Zone and almost everything I think I need to be doing. This small cloth brought back some simple peace. Actually growing from ideas about living on a houseboat from years back. Also a what if. We are older now, but still, floating through time. With questions and the same sense that floating brings. And then, the […]

Categories: just going, Just Home, Peace, questions, SMALL CLOTH, What if (?)

living with process…

June 8, 2022 by jude

Looking here. Looking has become quite an activity. Or, really, just passing by. Humming to myself. The back of one cloth over another. Some scrap over that. And now Grow over that. Sometimes I just live with this, forgetting about what might be underneath, for a long time. Maybe forever. Moving through days as needed. I drew some lines with a sharpie. I pinned some cutouts. But mostly I don’t know. What if it is just ok? The illusion, in […]

Categories: Grow, just going, LARGE CLOTH, Looking, Soul-o

My pace has slowed

June 3, 2022 by jude

Pace slows. Everybody knows. Probably I have listened to too much Leonard Cohen. As slow as I go, though, a pattern always emerges. Pattern might be considered a kind of reach. Or then, maybe the opposite. Does repetition strengthen, or dilute?

Categories: centering, extended nine patch, just going

“What are We Doing?” Wednesday

May 25, 2022 by jude

It’s a good question no matter who you are and what you think. This is she, from Magic Cloth 2, (most recently renamed to Spin) but she, when I say she, that’s me. Here, inside out. But I will always recognize her. I didn’t get to answering comments yesterday. I will. I have a lot of indigo seeds here, I planted some to see if they have what it takes. Seeds will not always grow. Anyway, if they are good, […]

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Just to be …

May 16, 2022 by jude

Good Morning… The craziness here has not diminished. Some new roof issues have prolonged the process. And increased the cost. But hey, whatever gets done here will last a lifetime, especially ours, at this point. My Impression of May is just as it can be. I do feel it is a Mothering on many levels. It is comforting me. Demanding nothing in return. Instilling a sense of going that feels natural. It is helping me understand order without feeling limited, […]

Categories: design mending, just going, Season

Soften

May 8, 2022 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 […]

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I don’t know

May 4, 2022 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.

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On my Way

April 28, 2022 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 […]

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living with process…

My pace has slowed

“What are We Doing?” Wednesday

Just to be …

Soften

I don’t know

On my Way