I'm laying in bed at night seeing these colors! I need to get this done. I used every scrap of the green plaid I had and am disappointed with myself that I didn't take better care to line it up. I'll finish up the stitching and embellishments tomorrow. The following poem seemed apropos -
Emily Dickinson #617
Don't put up my Thread and Needle —
I'll begin to Sew
When the Birds begin to whistle —
Better Stitches — so —
These were bent — my sight got crooked —
When my mind — is plain
I'll do seams — a Queen's endeavor
Would not blush to own —
Hems — too fine for Lady's tracing
To the sightless Knot —
Tucks — of dainty interspersion —
Like a dotted Dot —
Leave my Needle in the furrow —
Where I put it down —
I can make the zigzag stitches
Straight — when I am strong —
Till then — dreaming I am sewing
Fetch the seam I missed —
Closer — so I — at my sleeping —
Still surmise I stitch —
Living consciously...
My favorite part of today's reading was the quote:
I have no desire to prove anything by dancing... I just dance. - Fred Astaire
The rest of it was an exercise in tuning in to the body. First by allowing joyfulness to be expressed by movement. Then to be aware of how you connect emotional experience to physical ones. I've had years of feeling stress turn into a migraine or a tapping foot portend rising anxiety... and oh yeah, swaying from the hips to music relaxes and calms my mind.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
I'm getting closer to an end!
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6 comments:
tuning into the body is definitely a piece of self awareness I could work on! Until I was in my 30's I couldn't tell "tired" from "hungry" and even now can confuse the two! :-)
Love this poem, Kim. I've enjoyed watching this piece move forward from your original sketch. The sun symbol is my favorite part.
I like this a lot =-)
I'm relaly enjoying the progress on this piece - it's wonderful!
Wonderful, Kim! Those plaids don't need to line up; they look fine, and even add to the effect the way they are. Thanks for the Emily Dickinson poem too. I never saw that one before.
Funny, I was awake planning quilts last night, too. Creativity is not conducive to sleep, although it works the other way usually.
I too think the plaid works just the way you did it. Your muse was right there on that one....don't doubt her. It is a great juxtaposition with the kimono.
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