emergence
resurgence
yellow unsurpassed
on clear, softest white
dak
dak up close
fiber richness
bloodroot
flower comes first, then leaf
bloodroot
magic lilies
the cycle
continuum
fern dust
feathers
star dust
fiber
soft
soft through brittle
stems of last year
fiddleheads
emerging
what's dak? it looks like mulberry fibre to me, very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteyou're right--it's korean mulberry used for papermaking...i don't know the latin (or other korean) names, just dak!
ReplyDeletemy students had a lot of fun playing w/the dak this past weekend! i'm glad a little bit strayed east.
ReplyDeleteme, too, oh instigator of straying!!!
ReplyDeletewonderful textures.... I best get out to do more raking so I can see the fiddleheads and the rest of the things popping up - now that the snow has melted again!
ReplyDeletehave you tried dyeing with the bloodroot? wonder if it would give colour in paper. the roots were used to dye basket reed, porcupine quills and as a face paint.
ReplyDeleteLovely images of emergence and resurgence and reminders of renewal.
ReplyDeletev, those late snows can break your heart
ReplyDeletej, yes! i love it!
f, thank you.
good, now i have a name for it - dak. i bought a couple of sheets of it at Orange Forum last week. well not exactly 'sheets', more like long wide strips.
ReplyDeleteyay, dak!
ReplyDeletejust loved this velma.....you are so connected to where you are....thanks
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can't help this connection, more important than i even know.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing the bloodroot, I miss it, should have taken some from my other home. Love the idea of resurgence. Sorry about your friend Steve. Must be hard to have your home plowed down by wind. Yes, flooding here too and winds. Weather is having its say.
ReplyDeleteflooding in vt. looks to be as problematic as here.
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