today Mrs Poo [formerly known as Willow] is helping me with my work
by drinking the last of the milk i am using as mordant
painting x's on a waterbag
for the muddy waters exhibition
why x's? i hear you mutter
because
i've been thinking about that tomb in New Orleans
believed to contain the earthly remains of Marie Laveau
where it's said that if you mark three x's
and leave a gift
your wish will come true.
waiting for the milk to dry
i have tweaked my website
and
now the details of this year's West coast Wandering
are up
and then scroll down
you'll get there....]
India...is there still hope you might get a bit closer to PA or New England??? Is there someone else around here that I could get together with to coax you out this way???!!!
ReplyDeleteTina
absolutely there is hope [while there is breath...]
Deleteit's just that i am waiting on April 15th to find out whether i have been accepted into my class of choice at Haystack
in which case
i could teach a class in early summer on the way to/from Maine
and if there are 12 of you keen then i could be coaxed :o)
I could totally come to a class this way. Count me in.
DeleteXXX = 30
ReplyDeleteXXX = WRONG WRONG WRONG
XXX = THREE SAINT ANDREWS
XXX = KISS KISS KISS
X
A svmbol of inversion (q.v.) : 'Every true Analogy must be applied inversely’ As the Roman number ten ii takes on the perfection and completion of that number and, as the crux decussata, or .cross saltire, it is in itself the perfect figure of .completion and balance. The Romans used it as a boundary cross, hence it can svmbolize a barrier. In Christianity it is the cross of St Andrew. It also shares the entire symbolism of the cross (q-v.).
From: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols
J. C. Cooper
ISBN 10: 0500271259 / 0-500-27125-9
ISBN 13: 9780500271254
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication Date: 1987
X to you John
DeleteAnd this ✖ becomes this ✚ becomes ✖...
ReplyDelete+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+
Deletechain reactions?
ow, I love this post! I use the xxx always to end my sms's to home and husband when away for "the art stuff" and it's in my LOGO too (Sweet and Simple STuff XXX)
ReplyDeleteDid you receive alrady a copy from magazine from the Netherlands India?
xxx
Marijke
not yet...sigh
Deletefingers X'd [ha ha]
x marks the spot. place of heart's desire maybe. what a tomb site.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely and powerful at once......and gosh, checking my calendar, Michelle H (from Shakerag) & I will be at a workshop on Whidbey Island the same time you are in Washington.....so close!
ReplyDeleteer....so near and yet
Deleteso far?
exactly....
Deleteoh, and...
ReplyDeleteXXX = -..- -..- -..- in morse code
:-)
morse code opens up a whole new bucket of oysters in terms of marks for stitching...
Deletethree strikes and your out ? .....
ReplyDeleteyou're out maybe ?
Delete[ well that's one ]
i WAS out but now i'm back.
DeleteI had not heard that belief that if you mark 3 x's in a row your wish will come true.. but I like it.
ReplyDeleteincrease your chances by turning around three times
Deletewhispering a blessing
tossing a pinch of salt over your left shoulder
being kind to black cats who cross [pun intended] your path
and
always making sure you have a pocket into which someone can slip you a love letter...