Guest Artist Henry James Hay
Japan 2020
Masks silence
Dogs walk people
Farm Stand
Small coins in plastic bottle
University English Conversation Online
Never me
Grandchildren USA
Kadra Senior no soccer games
Anna 21 Grandpa can’t buy her a beer
Gabe and Lucas tall tales
Fish deer turkey
Pictures
Lots of studio time
Narrative gone
Image mirror shadow shape
Gather juxtapose
I hear voice,
“Gohan”
Materials
Kimono and Obi, old T-Shirts, pieces reclaimed from earlier collage, paint,
rope, photo, bed sheet, milk carton, world cloth, netting
25.5×40
LOCKDOWN
Covid-19 lockdown keeps me in the studio. Anxious to work, the time is somehow different, fretful. Change steals away the narrative. Each bit of cloth is alone. Shapes with small intentions pile up. The row endures in pale light and the next row piles up more images of isolation. They mirror and reflect. Some of the letters stay close while others slide away to stand in rigid opposition.
I find black cloth left over from a forgotten assemblage and cut into heavy strips. The layers become vertical bars. They lend definition. They bring intention, enliven.
Isolation falls away.
Jim, your bits of fabric are wonderful, and make me want to get up close for a better look. Thank you for playing along with us!
Thank you for your post–your words and quilt. It makes isolation almost bearable. You missed buying your granddaughter a beer, and I missed mine starting to drive. Lots of milestones will pass without sharing. Here’s hoping for better times–soon! Thanks for participating with our group.
What an amazing compilation of images! I had to zoom in close for this treasure hunt of random imagery, then zoom out to see the order and patterns, the sparkle and energy of the big picture. Wondrous! Thank you.
Jim, thank you for this thoughtful interpretation – so much to discover! The black stripes remind me of prison window bars… our view is distorted.
Hello from Jim Hay,
Micky tried, I tried, Miyuki tried. We could not control blog spacing. Thanks all for efforts.