Sunday, November 22, 2009

quilting the cooperative initiative


Testimonials

"Stitching alongside another person is better than talking"

1.
A knock. I open the door to a stranger
Outside the gray mist weighs into droplet
forms puddles. Cars splash past pedestrians
Inside the house is dark. We climb the stairs together


As shadows pass across the window pane we settle
around the frame like a hearth, slowly stitch by stitch
the alchemy of breath and craft begins to stroke a flame
graceful hands stroke the slippery web of fiber

armed with needle we pierce the surface of the silk
with words and fingertips held by thread
we build a unity fueled by common fire
joy and sorrow within the work embedded

"Its amazing after all that work that she lets us put our hands all over the piece"


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