Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Finished

I finished the stitching on Monumental Simplicity. I am folding it up. Putting it away for a bit. I've also just finished three novels. These endings give me a space for new beginnings. "What Tolstoy achieves by his exploration of detail is a completely solid material framework ...whatever he is talking about is made intimate." Joel Carmichael, one of many translators of Anna Karenina.

"Whatever Tolstoy's art is, we are unconscious of it."

5 comments:

Saskia said...

all those stitches, how wonderfully beautiful

Judy Martin said...

the novels were:

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
Room by Emma Donoghue

and thanks for the compliment re: all those stitches. Now I just have to listen to the piece to see what to do next, if anything.

Anonymous said...

nice!

i try to keep everything i do intimate. from writing to photos to meals and quilts.

at the end of it our conversation with a viewer is private.

that's an important word to always keep in mind.

Lesley Turner said...

congratulations Judy - your work looks beautiful - your stitching is finished in good time - i am still stitching!!

April said...

yay mom!!!!