"Discovery",18"x14" is the first of my 65 "horse's hooves" that I am creating for a
solo show at the
Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA. Each small quilt represents one small step in a
life journey of "Riding the Horse," sometimes falling off and then
climbing back on to ride the horse again. The materials and techniques
in this piece are digital print on fabric, machine quilted fabric, and
acrylic paint.
If you look at my blog you will see many of the pages of the meditation book I am writing, which will also be included in the show from February 28 to May 10, 2009.
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SIMPLICITY
All of my life I have been a very prolific artist. I have made many complex quilts. I have always strived to do better and more. I have wanted to do new work rather than stay the same. In the past, I have wanted to prove something and then after accomplishing some great things, still not feeling fulfilled, I would long for something more and better.
There are habits that work and those that do not work. The idea of needing something new does not necessarily work, but learning the habit of appreciating what you already have and moving forward from where you are is a pretty good routine to develop. Getting back to basics and living in the present moment is a simple idea. Life is simple when you get centered, find out what you really want, what your life's purpose is, untangling threads of confusion, uncluttering your mind and your situation and streamlining your work; this is simplicity. You can pare it down and let go of what no longer serves you. For instance, sometimes I think I need to do extra work because it would be more acceptable or I think of all the fun projects I could do for whatever reason--to please people or so I could be one of the "popular kids." But, then again, to simplify, I love and appreciate everything that has gone before because that is how I got to this wonderful point in time and starting right here and now moving one step at a time just doing whatever is next.
I love the peaceful, simple paintings of Mark Rothko
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fun making little
videos. Click this link
to see the video for August:
"Cats N Hats"
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