Saturday 31 October 2015

keeping it simple (1)

take a piece of


cloth 
(a gift from Marion of Beautiful Silks
and 
a handful of leaves (swept up from the studio floor)


something to wrap them around
and
some string with which to tie them


snug as a bug
chugalug


introduce them to a pre-loved brew


topped up with rainwater from the tap


give them time to become acquainted 
and some heat to help seal the friendship


keeping it all sweet and simple 

like this beautiful poem by Mary Logue

 


and do swing back in a few days if you're curious about the result
or just follow the simple steps above
to write your own poem on cloth


13 comments:

  1. Yes, am always curious !
    But will also write my own cloth poem (except not until tomorrow because tonight it's pouring with change-of-season rain). Mostly, I will because of poetry

    and because my mom was also Minnesotan.

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    1. ...it rained here too
      making poetry on the tin rook

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  2. This is why I LOVE you and your work India,(as Caitlin said the first day in Scotland, my "goddess of dyeing ;-) ) You are always on the path I long for, already feeling inside which way I have to walk. Thank you so much for sharing your work AND thoughts with us! So it is easier to remember what life really is about! Sounds like a fan mail, but hope you feel my joy for meeting like minded souls in your class. Feeling part of a clan ;-) Ow , and Sweetpea, ik wil come back about your lovely blog. Just letting it sinking in and let some tide over it, also looking for words...xxx

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    1. it was indeed a wonderful time in Scotland, Marijke...i go back to that little film from time to time just to hear the singing again. because it makes my heart sing, too.

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  3. Oh yes. Cloth poems, baking and play writing is on here. As well as the last sheep shearing. And tugging garlic in until next summer. Well, I could go on. But what fuels me mostly, really, is the plant and cloth poems. Happe weekend to you (all)

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  4. Enchanting and delicious (on a beautiful autumn morning in the Netherlands). Thank you for the images,words, thoughts and the love underneath it all!

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  5. Looks very promising India............

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  6. i totally agree of doing simple as scandinavia person i have always prefer the simple way , happy you have written about it , i have not my mothers ability for poem , but my fathers for nature and flowers and life in nature ., but the poem are lovely

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  7. Even in the deep sand
    You would hold it in your arms

    Miss the simple early India ecoprint time

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  8. your cloth poems cover bits of this world in beauty. glorious post.

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    1. sweet of you to say so, Velma. it's funny, i've been filling in my profession on the Australian Border form as 'poet' for a while now. it saves ink and covers everything!

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  9. Thank you for this little journey with you this morning!

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