Hi, All-As I passed around today on facebook, email lists, etc., I totally revamped the blog and turned us around some corners, finding new paths and places for me and for all of you to open up and show and tell what you've created and why and how...
My first picture is of a mosaic I made when I was going through my divorce. The piece is called "Sophie's Hand," because our neighbor, Sophie, had the most beautiful hands I'd ever seen and all I could think of whenever I saw them was how much I was going to miss her and our neighborhood and school and friends and house and zen garden on the other side of 125 year old rose arbor-such a beautiful dichotomy...so she sat in the sun with me for a whole day and I copied every joint and curve of her fingers and wrist and forearm...I love that hand more than anything I've ever made. Then I filed for divorce.
The rest of the mosaic was created while I was getting divorced and was otherwise, in every way, a shrapnel strewn war zone of a person...
I've never figured out why the rest turned out how it did-why I made those shapes and colors or used all those different materials from glass to metal to china to mirror to pottery...
So someone has to be insightful...why did I do it?
p.s. i'm doing everything and more to get the ads off my blog...grrrrrr
Sincerely yours-so show me and everyone else yours and keep on telling stories!
life is full of seismic shifts... the dialogue that makes a letter is real and goes on no matter what we write about... i'll show you what i create and tell you why... you do the same... and let's keep laughing, crying and telling stories
I love it, Maggie. I remember that mosaic. But, I remember the kitchen backsplash more. That was an incredible work of art.
ReplyDeleteThe message at the Unity Church in Naples today was Set yourself free. The way to attain that freedom is to go outside your own conscience and reach for God's love and direction. Ask, believe and declare. My intention was to be more creative. You are a good mentor for me. Perhaps we could pursue that purpose together. me?
One of these days I WILL guest blog about my own divorce. I could have used some creative projects to focus on during that time, but I had none...just packing, which did end up having to be pretty artful. I would title my piece, "How to file for divorce in the winter and continue to live together until summer, and live to tell about it."
ReplyDeleteThis is not the story of The Fuckwad (he came later). My ex-husband is a very nice guy. I was just thinking today that he reminds me of you in his genuine goodness, and how he brought it out in me, in spite of my most stubborn battles against it. It is a tale of how to be one's best when situation is most trying and the stakes are highest, and how unimaginable, how great, and how life-affirming the rewards turn out to be.