october 11 |
Making something slowly with one's hands is perhaps one of the most nourishing things one can do
october 15 |
As I get older I worry less and less about making a product that others might like. Instead, I want to spend the time I have left allowing my work to be as intuitive as possible.
I want to be led by feelings, not thought.
The Sleeping Giant peninsula in the foreground, pier 2 of the new Prince Arthur's Landing waterfront park with Mark Nisenholt's digital images of awake giants on lantern sculptures read about them here. |
Ned and I went to Thunder Bay last weekend to attend the celebration of life for Sandy, one of our longtime friends. Thunder Bay is a special place for us because we met at the University there. He was in his second year of the new Forestry degree program and I was in Teacher's College. The city is finally developing the waterfront and we stayed in the new hotel right on Lake Superior. I was so glad to be able to glimpse the Sleeping Giant from the window of our 7th floor room. The Sleeping Giant is famous in the area and I’ve written about it on this blog before. 2013 here and 2008 here.
november 3 |
Visiting Thunder Bay is full of emotion for both of us and we took some time to drive in our rental car through the grandeur of this beloved northern Ontario area. Ned loves maps and we used an old map from his huge collection.
november 5 |
We will all need your prayer cloth. the heart is heavy and weary. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work with all of us.
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thank you for being with us ... I wish "we the people" would follow a map to our better selves
ReplyDeleteIt seemed to be an impossible event to many of us. Thank you for making and sharing your lovely prayer cloth .....praying without ceasing here.🙏🙏
ReplyDeleteIt does seem impossible, thank you for your prayer cloth, I think I need to make one myself
ReplyDeleteJudy~ I traveled through emotions while reading this..."I want to be led by feelings, not thought" ... I have often thought I should do the exact opposite, being one who is ruled by her feelings...but, in your world, I feel grateful for living with feelings. I squinted at his map, trying to figure out if it was paper or cloth! Then to see your red grid replicating it was so satisfying. You traveled over such beautiful country. I have loved to do that too and miss it, as there have been no road trips as of late. As for the election, now all of these weeks later - it is still dumbfounding, raw and not okay. I wonder when there will be okay again. Thank you for your deeply thoughtful heart and your 'prayercloth' 💕
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