I’m honored to be a part of the House on Fire Artist Residency at The Common Well this summer. I’m working alongside five other artist-activists to find meaningful ways to connect activism to art practice. One guest speaker’s talk was titled: “how to burn brighter than the dumpster fire” 🔥

I’m sure for a lot of my fellow artists, we’re wondering what our role is right now. Everything is changing, faster than we can keep up with. But art — song, especially — can bring people together in a powerful way. Song can turn poetry and narrative into something memorable and communal.

He hesitated before agreeing to that performance, unsure of whether it was his place. The terrorist had named the song as everything he hated.

I keep thinking of the line “you can’t kill all the unbelievers / there’s no shortcut to freedom”.

I’m thinking about the importance of song, particularly comfort songs. Lillebjørn Nilsen led 40,000 people in singing «Barna av Regnbuen», his translation of Pete Seeger’s “My Rainbow Race” a year after the terrorist attack of July 22, 2011.

I don’t like the process because it is hard to remember and time consuming. It requires more patience and attention than the act of weaving. I know I’ll get better the more I do it, but I don’t want to do it frequently. I need to struggle through the difficulty and commit to doing it more often.

Thank you for all that you do. Your writing over the years has been a beacon of hope.

What’s the beforelight book in this picture? The cover looks like a cyanotype by Anna Atkins

Breaking language is what poets do. As does AI. Signs of life? Signs of consciousness? Is consciousness just stupidity? Is consciousness being conscious of one’s own stupidity? Stupid thoughts. Thanks for reading.

Reminds me of Magritte and de Chirico. Also Morandi in a way. And Edward Hopper.

Ohh, thank you for sharing! Looking forward to learning more about your process. I crochet a lot too and I’m always looking for ways to use the scraps.

A Trojan horse!

These are amazingly beautiful. What fibers are you using? How are you preparing them for spinning?

Who makes the clothes? I’ve never thought much about how important clothing and materials are for world building but of course it makes total sense. Textiles make the world.

Lovely colors