KA BOOM!!!
pop pop thud.
a woman said to me: happy fourth of july.
i said, i've never heard that before!
it's my quiet day.
KA BOOM!
what irony,
yet this is how it is today.
yet this is how it is today.
i have time to ponder.
i taught in beautiful victoria, bc,
north country shifu for three days
a quick paper manipulation half day
and a one day textile/paper/book class
and boarded a ferry
sailed down the ocean trail to seattle
one woman (forgive me for forgetting names)
made this beauty.
another (famous) woman stretched her skills
and this class wanted more and more,
so i took apart my journal
and traced the cover
and they all learned to tread from textileness to bookishness
there was a vender market
maiwa stopped me,
astonished,
in my tracks.
that night i read A Quiet Manifesto
and was deeply moved
thinking how i needed this 40 years ago
but i have it now.
as i work, teach, make more and more books
and paper,
and textiles,
i am finally thinking about what i'm doing.
so there's this: we have paths to walk
mine is what i want to do
what i am skilled at
but more, i want to touch, to enrich (maybe push a little bit) the life and work of others.
in a sense being fully present in my part of the cycle.
being a quiet sort
i teach.
i make books.
and i try to build a life that is whole.
i have several roles, don't we all?
but this
t h i n g about f i b e r...
the thread that runs through it.
i have more to ponder
this quiet day
in a hotel
in seattle.
*if you know bryan or jean you know they are powerhouses, and meeting is hardly the word. maybe experienced is more accurate.