mapping a book
ink and lokta
mapping friendship
map of a flea market
and knowledge!
and a body map
i love these mannikins
complete with many foldouts
a different sort of centerfold!
a forester's map
a timber cruiser's?
i've found some local bits--
long lake is mentioned
a rose map
the second try at a big map
a hortus siccus.
both home places,
old and new
their gifts both here.
a full sheet.
LARGE
now i want to go and weave something.
but first,
i went out to gather some sumac
and wasn't mindful
until i cut my palm with my felco's.
there was blood, but not enough for a stitch.
i was reminded to thank the sumac
the hard way.
it's important to remember one's obligations.
just lovely. I've always held on to the thought that "everything is/has a story", but will now add "and a map", too. I've very fond memories of getting out mom's medical book, w/the centerfold & overlays of the body & I used to share with my preschool class the idea that maps could be paper, stone, song, etc…
ReplyDeletehs, yes, it's so connected to how we locate this stuff in our brains, don't you think?
ReplyDeletebrains & spirit!
ReplyDeleteI love maps, they give you a sense of where you are going - and where you have been. with a drop of blood now and then!
ReplyDeletehey how it looks...the thought then the page. Really very exciting,and a bit of blood adds just the right dark note...yes, respect requires requesting. That was a stroke of genious.
ReplyDeletelovely large sheet. and the penmanship on the pages too.
ReplyDeletelooking for sumac to plant
jean, evidence...one leaves it around sometimes, just not so copiously. i needed a reminder.
ReplyDeletemichelle, yes, genious!
neki, much of the script was with a wonky pen that made wonderful double lines, i imagine a cruiser in "de woods" pulling out that little book and making notes.
oh how intriguing Velma!
ReplyDeleteI love that old timber workers's journal and how it chronicles the forest...and then your full sheet - the old and the new place, a coming together and and continuity despite shifting and changing, oh so beautiful.
ReplyDeletemc, me, intriguing? GOOD!!
ReplyDeletefiona, i thought of you as i was looking through this little book there in the funny flea market.
Oh but I do love maps! Even ...
ReplyDelete"Girl Wife Mother
No phase of womanhood omitted"
Once upon a time that would have made my feminist blood boil, but now I laugh as I imagine mapping my way through grandparenthood ... the best phase yet.
liz, i guess there's a map for everything--
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