Seriously Altared: Playdate #5
Blackberry picking is dangerous.
I scratched my legs today diving in to a haven for the fattest, finest dangling black treasures. I agree with my friend Pearl that dropping one from your already too full fist is like loosing a jewel. That is why we eat so many while picking. Those jewels are never lost. Those interior spots are like sacred holy places to me, cloistered from the hubbub of life on the edge of the berry patch, those inside places call me further in to the bracken.
It is a hot night, not feeling like stirring the jam pot til morning.
Maybe I will freeze this latest batch of berries.
Do you have altars around your house? Nature tables? Shrines?
This stands for a call for entries of photographs or scanned images sent to me of the altars you have around your home or your outdoor space…I am thinking of the little bowl I have for the fairies by my tomato patch, set under a steel Kokopelli sculpture, all in view of the kitchen sink.
Kitchen counter altars. Desk altars. Where you go to pray. Where you stop for sustenance. Some locale in your home that holds a sense of reverence and desire through the objects you place there. These places call us to pause, to hold our desires or prayers or loved ones in our most loving awareness. All this time my Mom has been in the nursing home, I keep pulling out her letters or photos or things she gave me to set on one of my altars, just to keep me in mind of her wholeness. She may be diminishing to Alzheimer’s but my memory of her is alive with detail and joy. My friends who ascribe to the art of Feng Shui have altars all over their homes. My Catholic friends have shrines in their yards with the Blessed Virgin in pretty gardens, sometimes in the bath tub.
I consider the bath tub a sacred spot in my home.
I invite you to share with us here on the Laundry Line a view of your altar or sacred space. Describe it in words or images. I will create a post here on the Line by next Thursday August 5.
Submissions may be sent to laundrylinedivine@gmail.com by Wednesday August 4.
“As I go down to the river to pray…”
All my love, Suzi
July 28th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Oh yes! I do have my “places” and now I will have to figure out this new camera my hubby bought me. Pics coming soon!
July 28th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Can’t wait for the fun to begin! Your kitchen is a station of the Collage Chapel, Bon- really. How about a collage of your kitchen…don’t worry about that camera! Love and hugs, my postal art Sister, S
July 28th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
How do I submit to you? Scan in? Make a collage and take a photo?
What’s that glue stuff I used in Michigan?
July 28th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Scan it sweetheart!!!!!!!!! It was acrylic gel medium, found at your fine art store or Michael’s art supply store. xoxox I am so thrilled to have you jump on El!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE, S
July 28th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Now here’s a game I can play! Everyday altars are my forte- and as you know shrines are some of my
favorite things!
la la la, Karen
August 1st, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I love this idea. I’m away from hope in the Pacific Northwest but will try to capture some of the beautiful “altars” here for you. I have a draft post on icons that I will post sometime.
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Suz, do we send you an email picture? Or do we post our pic in the comments? (Hmmm, never thought of that option before…) Yikes, when is the deadline?
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Yes to scanned images, poems, drawings, sketchbook pages, artist journal pages, photos in jpeg form sent to laundrylinedivine@gmail.com.
Please send them by Wednesday night. Love, S