growing is what life is for

  A tree in the forest doesn't keep looking around at the other trees

wondering if its right to be putting down roots so deep
instead of using its energy for making acorns

it just grows

that is its job, to grow
only people drive themselve crazy asking
'what's this for?"

Am I doing all right?
am I doing better than someone else?
Is it all right to be doing this?

I copied this out and taped it inside my kitchen cupbaord ...
the one I keep the salt in, beside the stove

Learning my craft and then practicing it for no other reason than for itself
is one of the first steps I took in my life towards learning that

growing is what life is for

hand made paper by moi
type written text
text about taping the text to my kitchen cupboard where the salt is by moi
all the text about a tree in the forest, growing, is for by Beth Gutcheon  an early influence.

I'm getting ready for the Perivale gallery's 2018 season..
I will be showing stitched pieces mounted on linen-covered board, framed.