Oops, mea culpa ….
I definitely need some self-reflection regarding my agenda. Although there was in it that I needed to produce a blog yesterday, it didn’t happen. It sure is better to look in your agenda every now and then. Recently I had an exhibition in a local art centre. Because of that
Faith and more
When I started thinking about Lisa’s prompt of Reflection and community I immediately had lots of ideas: mirror reflection; thinking about past, present and future; thinking about people or events; thinking about what person am I: how do I belong?; then how they would relate to different communities. This led me to
LINE Marks Identity in Japanese
By Sharaku, 1794 Portrait of a famous Kabuki actor from the Edo period (1600-1868). This “ukiyo-e” woodblock print was made more than 200 years ago. One can see at a glance that it is Japanese. It has no shadows and features outline. Chōjū-giga, literally,
”Tell them who you are…”
I made this piece a couple of years ago. It is called “You don’t really know me until you look beneath the surface.” As older women, my friends and I often feel that out in the world people see us, with our white hair, or our knitting, as “Grandma” or “Old
My identity?
“Identity” is a prompt that is never easy for me. Thinking about the identity that can define me gave me some embarrassment. It is an unfamiliar theme to me. I think Identity is an indicator to define what kind of person I am. What is the identity that can
Multiple Identities
I was thinking about our last theme, Masks, and how this new one really ties neatly into it. I think we all have within us multiple identities, which we show to the world wearing different hats or masks. Not to be confused with multiple personality disorder which
Fluidity
I have had many identities in my life. “Preacher’s Kid”, daughter, sister, student, worker, revolutionary, and artist, to name a few. One thing has always been clear for me: my gender identity is female. But there is a growing awareness that clarity is the last thing some people feel about
What is my Identity?
Identity is a tricky prompt. What is your identity? There are many studies about identity which only serve to confuse me further. There is your personal or self identity which is the way you see yourself and is related to self image, how you feel about yourself. It is a
Here We Go – Round Two!!
Our general theme for all of the upcoming prompts for the next two years – Round Two – is COMMUNITY. One of the definitions of ‘community’ that I found was: society – a group of people who have interests in common. We members of Cloth in Common are
Cloth in Common – Looking back, and looking forward!
Our small international group of eleven artists began working together in the summer of 2017. Every two months, we received a prompt from one of our members, to which we responded in thoughts, images and fibers. We agreed on an overall theme of Unusual Prompts, and each of us
Masklike Portraits
As I was reflecting on our theme “Masks” I started to see that a mask is basically a reduction of the human face to a minimalistic set of features. Most masks have at least 2 eyes and a mouth, sometimes a nose, and are oval shaped. This makes them