her mermaids

 The idea came to me to use black and white grids in the floor quilt I’m making for the twins and to use white with black dot fabric in all the bias bindings for the wee flanelette padded cloths.  

It is more

No longer, 

Not yet.

Hannah Arendt

or a window

 I want my work to be like a mirror 

where people become connected to self 

or a window 

or a door

Stare

Stare

It is the way to educate your eye.

Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.

Die knowing something.

You are not here long.

Walker Evans

four noble truths

Feel discomfort about change

Sit still like a mountain 

Don’t resist 

Let it be

Buddha

Loved Better

She reminds us of the world’s dazzle. She seems to say; the world has no need to be represented - there it is, all around us, all the time.  

What the world needs is to be loved better. 

George Saunders wrote this about Grace Paley