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12 April, 2021 Dear Friends & Readers, I’ve been taking a little social media break, neither to be noticed nor announced, but simply as the taking of time to sift and process, rather than succumb to the scroll. to consider my ways of being ~ ways of seeing Ann Hamilton wrote, “Our culture has beheld with suspicion unproductive time, things not utilitarian, and daydreaming in general, but we live in a time when it is especially challenging to articulate the importance of experiences that don’t produce anything obvious, aren’t easily quantifiable, resist measurement, aren’t easily named, are categorically in-between.” Let that sink in… And really, do you need to see my every moment documented? I don’t For now, I’ve been taking longer walks: sometimes with friends and sometimes on my own ~ walking has always been one of my through lines. and I love this story: As a child Helen Frankenthaler would insist upon drawing a continuous chalk line from the Metropolitan Museum of Art all the way back to her apartment, eight blocks away, pedestrians stepping aside allowing her to consider and continue this singular simplicity. This became Helen Frankenthaler’s artistic through line: always and already affirmed and imbued. For myself, I find and create connection through what I read, what I save, and what I savor. It can take years. Piles of papers pooling upon my desk, waiting to be tipped and spilled anew, but when I return to them, I discover my through lines nonetheless, and I begin to write. My through line might not be yours, but we all have them nonetheless. Tell me, what might be your through line? I invite you to explore the journey of your through line as we gather and write tonight. see you in the circle ~ xo sew
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