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Me Musing .
. . February
28, 2010 . . .
I spent the
first week stepping down into the room that is now my Creative Space,
touching every surface, smiling from head to toe and fingertip to
fingertip . . . contentness
just oozing out of every pore . . . feeling like I was born
to be here
at this
moment, in this
time, in this
place.
I would just
sit in my anti-gravity chair and contemplate 'the
Presence of Absence' on the Design Board wall.
Slowly . .
. more was added. Eb figured out a simple solution for hanging Daddy's
pipe collection . . .
Then an incredible
textile arrived from Japan ~ a half-obi size piece that is woven
from paper, both warp and weft. It is an ancient technique called
Shifu. Of course, since it was almost 10 feet long,
I had to hang it on the Design Board
to appreciate the fullness of it!
Then some indigo fabric arrived, and I put it up on the Design Board
just to see how it fit together.
And while all
that was going on, I decided to pull out fabrics that might want
to live together as a duvet cover for the Bowl Room duvet. That
filled up the big art tables really fast!!!!!!!
The indigo pieces
on the Design Board looked a little lonely, so I began adding pieces
. . . with no 'idea' in mind of what might develop.
I was just having fun playing with my fabrics!
The oranges
moved to the duvet table and a few of the Gees Bend fabrics I had
discharged last month jumped onto the Design Board . . .
After a few
'contemplates' from the chair and from the entry into The Space,
I added a round indigo piece that was left over from the first duvet
cover I made last month.
Until
all of a sudden I realized there was barely a space left on the
walls or the Design Board!!!!!!!! It is such a different experience
viewing fabrics on a vertical plane than on the horizontal.
I
took a break to check emails and sure had to laugh when I read the
latest Blog
by my friend Jane Porter who lives on the East Coast . . . "there
is not one flat surface in the house that I don't cover".
I
replied this to her immediately:
Barely
any flat surfaces OR vertical surfaces left untouched here either!!!!!!!!!
Jane
also sent me a link to a wonderful article on 'Slow Cloth', a phrase
adopted by Elaine Lipson. My cells exclaimed "YEEEESSSS!"
when I read this: "Slow
Cloth is not a project or a technique; it’s a relationship
to your work and life with textiles and fiber." Elaine
has identified ten principles or qualities of Slow Cloth . . . so
use this
link to read more.
I think the
reason everything she wrote soooooooooo resonated with me is that
it speaks directly to my favorite word . . .
and a perfect description of what I think of as the 'Slow Cloth'
aesthetic . . . what we make, is somehow 'making us'. . . molding
us . . . and it is a magical journey!
I
am just loving
my new little Creative
Space . . . working at my own Creative's
Pace .
. .
Until soon,
Che'usa
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