The masks we all wear
We all have multiple roles in our lives and, although we may not consciously do so, we all wear different masks in our different roles. Mother, wife, friend, artist, teacher, citizen. And those are just my major roles, what are yours? Our ‘masks’ may include wearing specific clothes, moderating
Use Your Words
Dis-unity was a difficult prompt for me to get my head around. I have written more about that on my personal blog. I originally wanted to create a flag quilt because I thought it might be fun to revisit that idea and make another pieced US flag, but the
Where Have All the Children Gone?
I don’t have any answers. I don’t have any solutions. I am only so confused. I can’t begin to understand the gun violence in our country. And the disunity involved in trying to reduce the incidence of violent massacres. I do know that the Sandy Hook massacre rocked my heart to
Something is Broken
Disunity. There’s something to ponder! When the theme was announced my internal response went directly to the current state of things here in the U.S. Our president, his policies, his actions and words and the resulting changes in our lives has me in constant horror, anger, grief and disgust. “Disunity”
The Great Divide
When I wrote about our theme Disunity a few weeks ago I had written about a chasm between factions in societies that could not be crossed easily anymore. This picture somehow nestled itself into my head and wouldn’t let go. So I decided to make just that, a wide chasm,
Gender Mending.
With all the disunity in the political scene, my own life seems peaceful, calm and orderly. However I do have an ongoing discussion with my husband regarding transgender issues. I am not preoccupied with details of birth certificates and genes. I feel all the thorny social questions that surround
Broken Circles
The world is a sad place at the moment. There are few countries who are not suffering either politically or environmentally. The prompt of Disunity raised quite a few ideas in my head but one of the recurring themes which lasted related to circles. Circles are a symbol
NONSENSE
Our theme this time is DISUNITY. I decided to merge several ‘orphan’ blocks from my years of teaching traditional piecing classes. The colors clashed. The patterns were varied – bowtie, Christmas, floral, repro, modern. I wanted to make a statement about accepting diversity. Each section is quilted with
Disunity Of The Earth
It has been getting terribly heat lately in Japanese summer. And cherry blossoms bloom in April every year, but this year it ended in March. I’m worry about the global warming. There are big problems in the world such as Religion, Race, Politics, Gender, Gun, and Family…. People always