Tuesday, September 18, 2018

scary business

being human is indeed scary business. 
there are joys, which i write about often.
there are, as nigel peake would call them, tiny adventures.
but when you get a telephone call from a tearful daughter that she's been in a bad accident.....................................................................................................................................................but she's ok and so is her guy.
well, it's life.
a small life,
it's what has rich meaning, but so does good work.
teaching and learning
making 
however ephemeral.
in my thoughts lately are ink, color, dye, pulp, and dead leaves as sarah swett calls them:
and here is my very poor handwriting, an ink pen and Atramentum ink,
on very rough abaca waterleaf.
 here are my tools
my first pen from when i was around 10 years old 
given to me by my second sister Carol 
and a never used but old nib
and a brush i made from white tail deer, waxed linen, and a bone knitting needle.
 the brush was more than funky, but also fun.
 the ink delicious on rough waterleaf unbleached abaca paper

 a weaver's web
 and a morning gift on my step
 one leaf from the grandfather maple
made into a home for tent caterpillar babies next year.
 there are plenty of these here, 
so it's ok to look closely,
unlike the monarchs which won't tolerate my scrutiny.
 this book, Songbirds and Daylilies is in the Artists' Book Cornucopia IX show.
                                                    this page is pretty large,  
                                               and covered with a days musings, 
                                                             summer 2016.
so hannah will be ok, 
and her boyfriend as well.
her car will have to be replaced and life will skitter along in beauty and grief and ridiculousness and joy.
and, with luck no more read enders.

7 comments:

  1. (((Velma))) love how there is a beauty to be found on even the darkest days

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  2. Isn't it strange how a real scare can lighten everything? So glad all the people are fine.
    Speaking of fine- your brush, ink, script and marks...so very very.

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  3. beautiful marks ... and yes, "those" phone calls (my heart in my throat as I write this, even knowing 15 years on that the story had a happy ending). Just one thought: you and/or your daughter might want to read up on hypervigilance following a car accident.

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  4. oh. geez. glad they are ok.
    makes everything else ok.
    Love the wild brush and the marks it makes. like a life lesson.

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  5. oh my heart! So glad they're ok - and you. xxx

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  6. Dear V - a heart-dropping phone call, but so pleased the ongoing news is good. Your script and the ink and the brush are beautiful and like others say, how good to see the light when the darkness comes around our edges...

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  7. THANK YOU ALL for your concern and support. They're doing better, though still a bit overwhelmed.

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