the .... JOY .... of clothmaking
and Lizard. ok. coming. New Mexico Whiptail. Blue tail, blue throat and this particular stance... it's closer. not quite, but closer. They are Just Going, doing some lizardy thing and you come upon them and they freeze, head upturned to meet your gaze, you lock eyes, one arm lifts and is poised, up off the earth....there is a long long moment until one or the other of you breaks the spell. My Kin. My clan. I claim myself OF them.
but still, i am me.
always this, the figure on some horizon, RIM, standing, looking Off, away, hair blown by Wind
then this. I wear these hooded zip up sweatshirts all Winter. Sometimes one over the other. They are my Uniform. Everyday. I have a home one and a town one. I wash them weekly. But
they are my clothes. What i wear.
i thought today i will stitch this on them. Kind of like a bumper sticker. I will wear them, as i do, in line at the grocery store, at the hardware, at the gas station. Someone might ask me. "Huh?" and i will tell them. a buddhist meditation, kind of like a prayer....for all of us. You first. May you....
so not much for selfies...i wondered about how it was placed...because of the hood, but it's good. So between now and the New Year, i will stitch this. May you............
