Trying to step out of a box. I've always been a moon and star sort, leaving the sun image to those who like the heat and bright and bold of yellow and being seen. (janie-but that's another story)
But, inspired by jude's sun, moon & stars class, I'm branching out and trying to put a face on a sun, faces are a struggle for me. Right now he looks like a frustrated, confused star, but there are more rays coming, maybe that will help?
And just what is it he is trying to say or ask?
Everything is a story.
Sometimes I make myself nuts with this (and others, too). For example, the mugs weighing down these spins, each of them has a story. There's the cool Star Trek one, that when hot liquid goes in it, Kirk, Spock & McCoy beam up (Star Trek is one of my weird loves). Another is from my college roommate, a gift the week we both got married (not to each other), it says, "It's a hard knock life," that was almost 28 years ago. Second cousin Francis sent a beautiful one, handmade from the clay of an Idaho river bank, a wedding gift.
Each of these stories leads to others, all part of my story.
There's a discussion prompted by jude going on over at SEW, about theme.
What is your theme, in your work, in your life?
I've been thinking about this all day, trying to put my finger on mine, but of course,
it's stories.
Well, this is as close to handwork as I've been all week. They're all still thrilled and begging for more time to knit (including recess). There are a couple of Mother's Day scarves in there, lucky moms.
On Friday, talking to the boss about how much I love this class, but am somewhat overwhelmed with creating a new wheel each day in this unexpected teaching gig, with the toll it is taking on the family to have both of us working full-time, parenting struggles, that the pollen this year is attacking in a new exhausting way, etc...and then burst out with "...and I haven't stitched, knit or spun all week!" THEN I started to cry.
That evening, finished dinner and took my laptop to bed and finally began jude's new class, "whispering sun,moon,stars", and drifted into a much needed nap.
Today, my mama's day wish mostly came true...time to stitch and catch up on SEW (still have more to read and gaze at).
And this evening a phone call, my co-teacher expects to be back on Tuesday. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's a moon made of cloth and wool.
This is a little something I'm sending a clothmate over at SEW. We are thinking of her. Sending her thoughts, wishes. We miss her.
"What are you making?" I was asked.
It's for someone who's not well.
"A friend?"
.....a friend? I've never met her, she is part of this on-line sewing community, she made this amazing jacket, she is full of heart and kind words, she is a clothmate,
...a friend? Yes.
For Herm.
