handstories

stitching self

    This is the last painting that I started at the workshop...still pulling my thoughts together.

    The floating figure is based on a poppet/doll started a few years ago.  A kind of self-portrait.

    Things are out of sorts right now.  Today is a day off, alone, and most of the morning was spent shuffling projects, taking a stitch here and there.  Finally, I pulled her into my lap and have been adding waves to wrap around her tree-ring heart.

    The rest of the day might be spent inside of a new found fairytale retelling, Sea Witch.

my stars

    Stars . . . stories, wishing, navigating, dreaming, traveling amongst, and they were here before, will be then, and are now for all of us, wherever we are.

    Here they are for all of those things, plus one for each of my guys- Blue, Moon, and K.

imploding

    Sometimes, gathering and holding onto all of one's thoughts can be a tricky and painful business.

underpinning*

    A growing tree-ring slice of a heart.  Something solid and strong, that reflects where she's been, and might go.

 

    *underpin  -"to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation."

stitching inside and out

    While working on new ways see to myself, the thought occurred,

that starting from scratch might be the way to go.