the GiRL K's bag- tHe MiDdLe PaRt

The finger knitting all finished for the two handles. : )

the Bag wants just a little suggle up to the maker machine after the zip is in- a beauti job!!

Laying out the handle of brown finger knitting for placement. : )

the Queen of Deep

THe KeY

Are you the type of person who can chit chat and small talk? Can you also go deep? Can you share yourself with someone? Do you open yourself, make yourself vulnerable in order to love, and care about someone deeply? Can you laugh at yourself? Can you strive to evolve? Can you admit when you are wrong? Can you love a child? Can you see their perfect core? Their unaffected start in life, and how we shape and mold them. How we can consciously teach them, or not, our strengths and weaknesses. This is what life is about.

It is the challenge of life. To love, and to go deep. Deep into ourselves, find the jewels, hold them up high to shine the light for all we touch.

The photos in this post are from a stitchery piece I did, an exploration of love, of memories, of relating love, of exploring fibers, beads, and stitching, both by hand and on the sewing machine. The scene is about my memory of an event in my childhood with a boy with whom I had a rare friendship. I called the piece The Key. The image of the key itself is made from rolled cigarette foils in gold and silver. No I didn't smoke the cigarettes. Blach! (although i have smoked-so i'm not that perfect!) I bought a REALLY tacky pillow from a thrift store that someone had painstakingly made, with looped fringe all around the edge made from the cigarette foils. I was very affected at the time by a deep love, and my stage performance of the Vagina Monologues. It was a huge turning point in my life. My heart broke, but like the phoenix, rose from the ashes to continue to open.

Love, love, love to you.