Friday, November 16, 2018

the tenderest thing

 softness
 honesty
 humility
 bleeding
 our bodies are a way of knowing
 and cloth is like the body
 life experience
 wisdom
day dream

10 comments:

Mo Crow said...

ah the porosity of being a woman, I want to gently touch that red velvet cross

Liz A said...

This feels so true ... even not being able to physically touch the stitches on this whole/hole cloth. And I am left wondering where the pieces have gone/will go ...

Judy Martin said...

I did use them Liz and edited the post to show how those wool sequins were added to top and bottom edges.

Linda Sue said...

Oh my goodness, that is the amazing , breath taking, piece of work!! I am in awe, completely and utterly! Please tell me that that took about ten years to complete!

Liz A said...

Thank you for that ... they are truly metaphorical, and surely each person who views the whole will read their own story into it

Ellen Kroeker said...

Your writing, your work with cloth and thread - it is another kind of breathing.

Judy Martin said...

Linda Sue, it took a lifetime to find the courage. xo

Mystic Quilter said...

Oh my goodness Judy - this is an amazingly beautiful treasure!! I love the 'peepholes' in this wonder and what an inspired decision to add the missing pieces
to the bottom and top edges. It would be wonderful to actually stand close and see the stitching and movement.

Judy Martin said...

thank you for saying these things.
this is a blanket found in a thrift shop, with mended areas
and then I over dyed it
and then I looked at it
and then I made the vulva shape
and I felt so vulnerable the whole time
I had to cut holes
xo

willow woman said...

You bring us into your world which turns into my world too!
What a new circle of life!!