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Post #3286: Learning to Paint

Posted on October 14, 2022 by

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I haven’t been writing much in the last month because I have been totally absorbed in a course I am taking through Maiwa which teaches how to turn natural (plant and insect-based) dye matter into paint. The amount of course work per week has… Continue Reading “Post #3286: Learning to Paint”

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Post #3285: Return

Posted on September 8, 2022 by

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I am fully back in my schedule after one year of being out of it, and at least partly working away from home. No matter anything else, it feels good to be in this routine again – the early morning work start and mid-afternoon… Continue Reading “Post #3285: Return”

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Post #3284: Getting through August

Posted on August 21, 2022 by

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I feel stupid whenever I tell people that from mid-to-late August is my worst time of year. Summer is supposed to be happy time and all that. But for whatever reason in the seasonal cycle August brings on depression and anxiety. I get stomachaches… Continue Reading “Post #3284: Getting through August”

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Post #3282: You can’t always get what you want

Posted on August 5, 2022 by

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So far it’s been a summer of not getting what I want. Or what I think I want. First of all – the sellers turned away from our offer on the lodge we want to buy for an artist residency project and then, the… Continue Reading “Post #3282: You can’t always get what you want”

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Post #3281: Big Things

Posted on July 5, 2022 by

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I’m attempting to manifest a big thing right now and I’m not sure if we can make it happen or not. But I’m going to let you in on it anyway because the more I talk about this big thing, the more real it… Continue Reading “Post #3281: Big Things”

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Went to Port Alberni today to meet up with some union folks and got a chance to look at fish and lots of fish eggs. This is a tray of one-day coho salmon.
I am going to be fifty in two and a half months.
I was supposed to be on a residential meditation retreat this past week but I was still too sick to go. Instead I made an at-home retreat with meditation practice in my tiny zendo, chanting service, soji (work practice), art practice, and lots of rest practice. I kept silence most of the time (I was here by myself) and stayed off social media. So grateful that my Zen community offered online participation so I could feel that I was sitting with others.
Preparing a warp: winding on 238 threads, tying the cross, a tied warp on the board and the finished warp chain. This is a small warp at 238 threads and 6.5 yards. From start to finish it takes me about 2 hours to complete this stage of the weaving process.
All this colour in the weaving stash (and this is just some of the cottons) and yet I'm winding an all-white warp today. At least these pretties are here to brighten up these grey mornings. #weaversofinstagram #weaverfever #handweaving #textilestudio
My small #glimakrajulia loom is empty for the first time in six months as I've used some of my sick time this week to slowly weave the tea towel warp off. Once I recover some energy I will start warping this loom again and then turn to fixing the warp on my larger loom.
Natural dye painting colour studies from the last few weeks.
I last posted about this warp in June. Until today, I have left it untouched. My other loom also has a warp on it that needs work before I can weave it. It's time to move these projects off and make room for new ones!
I am struggling right now as I take a big step back from roles I've been in for the last 22 years (union activist/steward/local president etc.)
One thing I love about the @innatlaurelpoint is that even though its original founder (a former boss of mine, Paul Arsens) has long gone, the Arsens collection of Asian and First Nations artworks remain tucked throughout the building. This is a Japanese wedding kimono, which I only found at the end of a dim corridor because I went looking for the fitness centre. As fine as anything in a textile museum, though faded with time. #textileart #kimono #textilelove
Card for the week is the nine of wands: after much effort, a final task is nearly complete... reflect on your successes to push yourself to the end and replace resentment with an open mind, visualizing successful completion.
It doesn't look like much stretched out on the floor, drying, but I am very happy to be finished my latest knit piece. This asymmetrical shawl was #knit from a woool/silk yarn in Hudson-on-Croton, The Catskills, Victoria, Gilford Island, Sayward, and Gabriola Island beginning on the Summer Solstice. Our handmade items are an accumulation of time and experience in a way consumer items can never be. I look forward to putting this one into circulation for the winter. #textilestudio #knittersofinstagram #kniteverywhere #diywardrobe @smallbirdworkshop @lilalu72

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