Two books, many trees

This week saw some creative repurposing. I returned several old books and a magazine to the trees - an older book on art history, a Steinbeck - Travels with Charley - and a gallery magazine. A few stars yet to be mounted and that is the Christmas / festive decorating effort for 2023. Another book, published in New Zealand (and no surprise given its quality) is The Untamed Thread. Sumptuous and one of the few that hooks into the soul from page one. A joy to flip through a friend's copy and now patiently waiting on my copy to arrive. It's going to be a brilliant and creative holiday.

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Making progress Trees #2

The mess before the beauty

The excavator's words have stuck in my head, rent free. ' I have to make one hell of a mess before it can become beautiful. There is no beautiful end without the mess '. Or words to that effect. The retaining walls at the back of the house have to be finished before anything else can happen in the yard - and in between downpours, a few expletives and more rain, it has beena testing time for all involved in the construction. I thought about his words - and the effort of making a quilt from scratch. The planning, drawing, testing, dyeing, playing, creating, starting again, creating and the final 'ah ha'. There is so much 'mess' before a quilt is resolved becomes a thing of meaning and beautiful in its own way. Blessed are the excavators.

Ali George Artist

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