so much is embedded in these marks

the front of this piece is plant dyed cotton flannel

I like producing my own work slowly over a lengthy period of time and allowing it to change along the way.

the reverse is ancient flannel bed covers

I am mesmerized by the work of it.
by the steady rhythmic marking.

 So much is embedded in those marks.

 Time for one thing, the time it takes to place them.

Touch for another.

The silence, but also the quiet sounds of the mark making itself.

What interests me is very very simple and quiet

front

and marked repeatedly with the human hand.

back

I was here.  I made this.
Feel my touch.

and remember me.

text from my 2010 journal that I re-read for 3rd time in August
images are of a work in progress