December 22, 2015

Cloth Again

The retreat recalculated everything. Instead of my usual wrestling match with cloth on my design wall, I mysteriously channeled three cloths as I sang some of the retreat chants aloud. The singing moved Molly out of my studio, through the dog door and into the far reaches of the yard. But it moved that little place between my eyes where creativity lives, too.
My intention was to develop one prayer cloth, where I could see the words to my favorite chant from the retreat.  I also wanted to create a gift (since she may be reading, no more details yet).  I started by diving like a boxer into a trash can into my basket of miscellaneous component parts.  And it all just happened.
 
The prayer cloth...
 
The gift...
 And the bonus, as in "make two, get one free."
They all feel like me.




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12 comments:

  1. Mo CrowDecember 22, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    oh and there's three, it's a haptic haiku!

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  2. Julie SDecember 22, 2015 at 1:11 PM

    I will get back to you as soon as I look up "haptic."

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    1. Julie SDecember 22, 2015 at 5:20 PM

      That comment was to you, Mo. And this is for everyone else: "Haptic: of or relating to the sense of touch, in particular relating to the perception and manipulation of objects using the senses of touch and proprioception."

      Wow, thank you.

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  3. DanaDecember 22, 2015 at 3:02 PM

    They all look to the heavens. Your sudden outpouring onto cloth is delightful evidence of the shift you have experienced. I feel as pleased as if it had happened to me, which maybe it has, because you shared it.

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    1. Julie SDecember 23, 2015 at 6:05 PM

      Now that you mention it, they do seem celestial. Maybe that's their name? And I am touched that I touched you.

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  4. Kat ScottDecember 22, 2015 at 6:12 PM

    beautiful and inspiring

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  5. grace Forrest~MaestasDecember 22, 2015 at 7:53 PM

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is exactly IT! What has been in my mindheart
    for a while now to try to say, really so far to no avail, but THIS IS IT!
    hOW when that moment is there, it's as if the scraps move. Move UP to the top of the basket and Present themselves...it is nothing Other....
    These...just incredibly FINE and partners to you, for you, and for themSelves....the Dance of Loving and Doing....
    I am so happy reading here, just so very very Happy

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    1. Julie SDecember 23, 2015 at 6:06 PM

      As they say in New Mexico, "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

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  6. DebbieDecember 23, 2015 at 4:57 AM

    Just love these and loving the idea of haptic cloth. A full moon for Christmas day, anyway it will be in the UK the first one since 1977.

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    1. Julie SDecember 23, 2015 at 6:06 PM

      Thanks, Debbie. I have forsythia blooming in my front yard, now THAT's a first for Christmas.

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  7. SaskiaDecember 24, 2015 at 10:12 AM

    poor Molly, however hurray for creativity
    the cloths are suberb!

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