it began with Oddness that i would never have imagined and well, not from the DAY, which only seems to Carry things....and i worked to let that Oddness go, to not let it be toxic
There was the book signing at the Library in my town of Socorro
this began in the Women's Writing Group that i started at the public library when i was still involved with Story Circle Network. After a couple years, i stopped participating. The Group continued. Karla continued. She continued with her single Passion of the Titanic. Today there was a Reading and a book signing...her self published book. I do not at all love the mystery of the Titanic but i do love the mystery of Karla's love for it all. She wore a Titanic T Shirt and Titanic socks. She has Titanic key chains and there were Titanic ice cubes in the shape of the ship in the punch bowl. Love is what it is, myriad and Karla loves the story of the Titanic.
I had arranged to meet with Danielle at the Bear Mountain Gallery in Magdalena this afternoon, after the Book Signing. "Weather" turned ify and could even have meant snow at that elevation. So i sat outside the Library in town and wondered what i was doing. Why. There was a huge urge to just go back home. Instead, i turned the key in the ignition and headed to Magdalena.
so here we go.
I like her very much, Danielle. She's blunt. She's had that Gallery a long time. She's lived in and loved/not loved Magdalena for a long time.
I took five cloths. not all finished yet. we laid them out on the jewelry cases and looked. I walked around and looked at the wall space, at what is there from day to day. One whole wall "belongs" to the weavings of Dan Klinglesmith...of the publicity blurb above. His weavings are FINE. There are paintings. I'll take some pics when i take these lightweight Cloths to hang. But things there have WEIGHT. The Cloths are incongruent. In the center of the Gallery room are nicely hung quilts and rag rugs. They have Weight. The Cloths are so
light
so light, so light
We talked. I said i wanted her to see them in this Space so she could know what they Are and Are not. She asked what i imagined i wanted from the hanging for the gallery and studio tour...did i want to sell them all? Did i want them to simply BE there? What was my intention. Again, i really like her. She doesn't mince words. We took a long time. We looked at all the wall space. We thought.
and i came home with a formal inventory print out to fill out and send by mail on Monday.
and ok. it's good that i went. It's good that the Cloths will be there and it's good that i Stood and Faced what i know.
