Warp and Weft: A Creative Manifesto
I am a creative woman by nature, everything I do or make or gift or ponder is unique and beautiful.
My desire in this world is to embody Beauty, to bring her closer…Close enough to drench my skin, to soften and open my heart, to remind me of my Self.
All my senses are rewarded in the moment of receptivity. I am grateful for my creativity and am learning to surrender to her, to ride her wave, to let her soothe me and excite me.
The pure nature of creativity is that of inspiration, in and out, like my breath. Each breath is unique, each creation is unique.
WHY?
I’ve always been drawn to Beauty, Mother Nature, color, texture, water, sunlight, sunsets, forests, flowers. I love color and playing with tones and texture. Creating movement and emotion with textiles in which the observer feels called to reach out to touch, to run one’s hands over the yarn, tracing the movement and while consciously or unconsciously, nerves soften, shoulders drop. Beauty. Art is medicine for the spirit. Creating is my medicine.
WHAT?
I make elegant unique woven wall hangings that reflect the beauty Mother Nature.
HOW?
I’m called to the water’s edge, to the deep forest to sit and quiet my mind, to simply listen, to ground my body and open my heart. I love finding treasures in the forest and on the beach: seaweed coils, curvy driftwood, worn stones, moss, branches. They are the foundation and wellspring of my weavings. The seasonality of this island is the bed upon which I rest: the dim winter light peaking and teasing through the low moody sky, summer sunlight dancing upon wave tips creating a fabric of diamonds, the spring thrust and bird orchestra, feeling intoxicated by the endless shades of green.
My creativity flows from my love for Mother Nature. In order to access my creativity, I must enter into the vast space of my heart, daily and moment to moment. Once I float up into my headspace, the light dims and the flow diminished. Each weaving is brought to life layer by layer, each with an unique essence, each with a compassionate and gentle healing invitation.
I ENVISION
I envision my art resting and beaming within homes and businesses, highlighted in magazine articles. However one gazes upon my weavings, their heart is touched, soothed, inspired, loved. The woven art radiates love, abundance, peace and joy into any space, even from a photo. It is supercharged, it is alive, it is Beauty and carries the energy and essence of Gaia, of Mother Earth, Mother Nature. The weaving sparkles and beams out and touches the hearts of on-lookers, gazers, glimpsers, the blind, and ignorers. She awakens, invites, plays, soothes, sings to and loves each soul.
My art gets placed in serendipitous and perfect locations. It creates abundance and flow within each encounter and radiates warmth like the great sun. These weavings begin to create a web, a net, a lattice, lace, connection where love and joy connect and pour into the lives of all.
My heart is the conduit, the connection, the vessel in which Gaia feeds me, her nourishment grows into a beautiful woven creation, it radiates love and healing into each space that is felt by all who enter.
People are drawn to my art because it consciously or unconsciously speaks to their heart, awakens their heart and positively affects their life. There is an exchange, a birth, a transition the art moves through. My creation, my transmission from Gaia into form, into the adoring hands of another.
