how it feels

Measurement is everywhere. Statistics. Logarithms. Math matters. Until it doesn’t. When Rhonda came to help me sew my pieces together, she asked: “What is the distance between each piece that is sewn?” I handed her the piece of paper in…

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verdant green

See that early spring green that is very yellow? Do you see it as green or yellow? When I take my work to the photographer, he argues with me about that color – I call it green and he sees…

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01/21/17

It’s one of those days: how can I not be distracted? My friends are sending photos of their plane ride into DC – it’s packed with women. All day texts keep me up with the events as they unfold. My…

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line/circle

Looking closely again, do you see all those loose threads? They are all over the place – disorderly. I have the straight lines, the softer lines of each fabric piece and then the edges, fraying and wildly their own idea.…

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linear/non-linear

Can you see the 2 straight threads holding up these pieces? I just returned from a long drive. Straight lines down a more or less straight highway. Eyes straight ahead. All lined up. A number of years ago when I…

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line line line

There was a period in my art exploration where I was intrigued by JUST the line: how it is the first thing that one is taught in school (or one of the first): “Get in line”. The concept of the…

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meaning 2

Speaking of meaning, while I was sewing, I recalled a conversation from years ago: I was at the time in an intensive language training program just outside Brattleboro, VT. (If you have been to Vermont, you know that it is…

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the line

Sometimes I write something and then afterwards think of how the opposite is just as true. After deriding the flatness or one dimensionality of the prairie, I thought of how I could not LIVE there, but how the beauty of…

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meaning

In terms of process, I’m still midst composing the overall piece. And, while I’m doing so, I seem to find reason to take many of my long vertical strips that were hung top-to-bottom way and now need to reverse them…

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