A virtual, international community – finding my tribe!
In 1993 we moved to Portland, Oregon. I left behind my business, my friends, all my connections. In Portland it was dark, it was raining constantly and I got very sick–complications from a ruptured appendix. It was a very low point and aside from my immediate family, I was
We are getting closer and closer
Members of our ” Cloth in common” are international. There are USA, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Netherlands. I think this could be possible beause there were SAQA, Internet, e-mail, translation tool, etc. If I had not been a member of the international group called “SAQA”, Kalol
International Community
Almost every time we get a new prompt, I have an immediate reaction to it. It is usually a form of word association. This is how it happened this time. I google Cloth in Common on my phone. I find out that Martha Ressler has given us the prompt
Too Many Airports
Our new CLOTH IN COMMON prompt of INTERNATIONAL really appealed to me. I travel a lot – top level frequent flyer category lots. Glamorous? Fun? Exciting? Well maybe sometimes. Most of my time travelling is dragging myself through enormous airports. Packing bags to fit within weight limits and
Back in time
Back in 1968 my parents went to Montreal on a visit. My mum went to Notre Dame Basilica and brought back a postcard folio of this wonderful building and told us about the colours and the amazing craftmanship in the building. Move forward to 2019 when I got a chance
International
As I head off to China for a visit, I am reminded that one sense of community is “International.” Here is what the Dictionary says: adjective adjective: international existing, occurring, or carried on between two or more nations. “international trade” synonyms: global, worldwide, intercontinental; More antonyms: national, local agreed on by all or many nations.
Refle, Reflect, Reflection
I like staring at water and looking for patterns and reflections. As I read in a lot of Cloth in Common posts, we all have a database of photos with patterns, odd things and reflections. So have I. This particular reflection was a photo of masts of sailing boats in
Sunshine and Shadow, Darkness and Light
When we look at a reflection we are seeing, not a replica, but a mirror image. In our lives, in our families, in our communities we live with the up and the down, the dark and the light, joy and sorrow, loss and gain. I see those opposites as
My reflection in the mirror
When I tried to make my piece with Lisa’s “reflection”, many thoughts struggled each other in my head. Eventually “me”,”mirror” and “reflection” were left. In everyday life, we see ourselves in front of the mirror more than once a day. Every day, my appearance looks a little different depending on
Rainy Night in the City
This is Deb Cashatt, back with my quilt based on the prompt “Reflection.” To me the abstract looked like a rainy night in an almost empty city. My mind saw a figure amid neon lights reflecting on wet pavement and windows. So I decided the quilting should make
Wave Optics
Looking out over water every day when we got the theme “Reflection” made it natural for me to chose reflections on water as my visual. I was doing an artist residency close to my hometown, on the coast of Nova Scotia. The setting was beautiful, I worked in