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I am just going to write down things to do.

Courage is an important factor in any creative effort.  (Anni Albers)

The piece I've been stitching since the middle of July is so beautiful, heavy.
3 more big hoops to fill with stitch before I can really evaluate it.

The stitching empowers it.  Each big hoop is 3-4 hours.

diamonds have four sides

 

 

Ask her to define how she wants her work in textiles to be.

visually
tactilely
metaphor
scale

Ask her how she is different from me
and from the tradition  

equivalents

 

The outward appearance of every object I make is the equivalent of some aspect of inner human life.
Joseph Beuys

Goethean Inquiry

Experience ordinary things in a new way.

The things that are the most uncertain should be placed boldly on the map so that we can let our journey be led by them.

deep knowledge

1 2 3  1 2 3 4  1 2 3  1 2 3 4 5

5 4 3 2 1  3 2 1  4 3 2 1  3 2 1

scale fingering for 'normal' scales

music

Music that is immediately understood will not outlast its generation.
from
Do Not Say we have Nothing ...page 286