Crafting is drawing to me. Everything is drawing to me. Singing is drawing with the voice the breath. Sewing is drawing with thread and fabric. Painting is drawing with paint. Even washing dishes is a kind of drawing. The way we place the plates to dry each one of us doing these drawings slightly differently according to our age beliefs …
Crafting is drawing to me. Everything is drawing to me. Singing is drawing with the voice the breath. Sewing is drawing with thread and fabric. Painting is drawing with paint. Even washing dishes is a kind of drawing. The way we place the plates to dry each one of us doing these drawings slightly differently according to our age beliefs ability thoughts while doing.
All of these things are a form of mark making of responding to life’s events.
The way I make bread is different from the way my son makes it yet each uses the same ingredients.
And each loaf is valid in its own right.
Joseph Beuys said everyone is an artist and he was right. As we create our daily lives make our beds choose our cleaning stuffs or cook our food, we are all drawing.
We are drawing the spaces in between with our steps with our breaths and sometimes with our tears.
We are all creating all the time.
Your quilt is the most lovely drawing of your life since beginning it. The breaths you make while stitching add ‘colour’ to its depths. The thoughts you think all adding to the energetic resonance of its story.
And maybe that’s why it’s not finished yet as it continues to evolve with you.
Throw judgement out the window. Your story is yours not anyone else’s and your stitches are each a moment in time drawing your life in the most beautiful way.
I love your quilt. May it carry on being made for a long time to come until the moment when you decide it is complete.
This is beautiful--yes! I love that you think of it all as drawing, and of how that becomes part of all that we do and make with our hands. I'm going to think about that as I do the dishes. :) Thank you so much for reading and sharing this. 💜
Crafting is drawing to me. Everything is drawing to me. Singing is drawing with the voice the breath. Sewing is drawing with thread and fabric. Painting is drawing with paint. Even washing dishes is a kind of drawing. The way we place the plates to dry each one of us doing these drawings slightly differently according to our age beliefs ability thoughts while doing.
All of these things are a form of mark making of responding to life’s events.
The way I make bread is different from the way my son makes it yet each uses the same ingredients.
And each loaf is valid in its own right.
Joseph Beuys said everyone is an artist and he was right. As we create our daily lives make our beds choose our cleaning stuffs or cook our food, we are all drawing.
We are drawing the spaces in between with our steps with our breaths and sometimes with our tears.
We are all creating all the time.
Your quilt is the most lovely drawing of your life since beginning it. The breaths you make while stitching add ‘colour’ to its depths. The thoughts you think all adding to the energetic resonance of its story.
And maybe that’s why it’s not finished yet as it continues to evolve with you.
Throw judgement out the window. Your story is yours not anyone else’s and your stitches are each a moment in time drawing your life in the most beautiful way.
I love your quilt. May it carry on being made for a long time to come until the moment when you decide it is complete.
Happy drawing stitching days to us all.
This is beautiful--yes! I love that you think of it all as drawing, and of how that becomes part of all that we do and make with our hands. I'm going to think about that as I do the dishes. :) Thank you so much for reading and sharing this. 💜