Glory and her Friends
This week has been one glorious moment after another. Monday, we swam in the river and hummed Carole King songs all day with James Taylor harmonies. Tuesday, I prepared a piece from Laundry Line Divine: A Wild Soul Book for Women to read at Deb Koffman’s ‘words out loud’ evening in her Artspace.
Janet read the peice titled “The Gooseberry Fool” over lunch after blueberry picking. That evening I presented it in a long 5 minute reading. I survived and the audience was kind. Then Wednesday, Karen and I ventured up to North Adams to meet with some great women to discuss flying our “Fe-Mail” event up that way in the fall. We paused in Kidspace at MassMoca to take in the Food Art.
Today is my artwork day and the moment to post our Playdate art. We accepted the challenge to illustrate Rumi’s lines from “The Self We Share”.
“Look fish, you are already in the ocean.
Just swimming there makes you friends with glory.”
The art that was submitted is beyond as my pal Janine likes to say. Here it is. Thank you to Andrea Schroeder, Jaq Belcher, and Karen Arp-Sandel, my playmates! What fun!
Want to play next time?
Love, S
PS I temporarily removed Karen’s pieces from this post. They were loading in an odd way. I will repost them ASAP.
July 8th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
These pieces are absolutely vibrant! Are they all yours, or are these from some of your co-conspirators, too?
“Friends with Glory.” Another gorgeous blog name or short story name or or or….
I always gulp inspiration from your space.
July 8th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Oy- I hope if you rest your cursor on each, you will see the artists’ names come up. The first is Andrea Schoeder, the next 2 are Karen’s, the 4th is Jaq Belcher and the last 2 are mine.
SO glad you stopped in! Love, S
July 8th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Wow. These are beautiful pieces of art! Thanks for sharing them!
July 9th, 2010 at 7:50 am
What a great gallery! Love your collage Suzi- am I swimming yet? Oh Yeah, this will carry me to my next summer swim destination-1,000 Islands! I’ll bring back paintings and photos from the North Country, NY.
xoxox, Karen
July 9th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Dearest Karen and Dawn! Yes to swimming! I found a new spot to dip in the Green River this morning after my workout. I am still cool. And yes to these gorgeous pieces of art. I am so thrilled that you- Kare, Jaq and Andrea played. A new-to-me blogger took part in the “funny food signs” playdate and I just saw she and I took a few of the same photos in Provincetown. Oh, what a wonderful world.
Here’s to you both on this glorious summer day. Take in at least one of those islands for me Karen! xoox S
July 9th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Oh, I see the titles now! Thank you — I hadn’t caught them the first time.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:03 am
I think I will make better titles next time. Still learning. Good Morning! xo S
July 10th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Suzi,
everytime I visit you here, I wish I lived closer to you. It looks like another fun day. For some reason, I am unable to view the two pieces by Karen. Thanks so much for sharing.
July 10th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Hi Tammy! Sorry about Karen’s art files. I will figure that one out. I have had a great day in the kitchen- inspired by the farmer’s market. Have you seen Amy Cotler’s book “Locavore”? Amy lives near here and was serving up kuchen made with blueberries and delicious bruschetta. I already made the tomato and onion, basil and garlic for the bruschette and the kuchen is cookin. So glad you stopped in to visit! Love, S
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