balance and order and rhythm and harmony

chairs: axel pairon

sampler: needleprint

lake: here

for we cannot make the best of what we are, if our hearts are always divided between what we are and what we are not. we cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity. happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. let us, therefore, learn to pass from one imperfect activity to another without worrying too much about what we are missing.

-thomas merton

cream linen, turkish, faded. silk and metal thread.

jane austen's shawl

via needleprint

like a train coming down the tracks

i am somewhat

concerned

that a dangerous

obsession with

ancient needle

work is coming

on. it is nothing

new, i had one

years ago (like,

when i was 11?).

true.

the problem with

this is that it might

include...i dunno...

waaaay too many

hours scoping out

stuff

and the desire to

own some of it

and the urge

to start my

own up

again

when i have

many an

unfinished canvas

already in the attic.

yummy stuff above: needleprint

thread

i think i would

like to make a

movie with

this. the

heroine

would be

daring and

not quite 11

and

the

story

would

end

thrillingly

&

with

soaring

happiness.

gloves: v&a

sampler: needleprint

child's gown: meg andrews

bluebird: gould auctions

shoes: bulgarian peasant

(reproduction) from i

can't remember where (?)

snippet with flowers: meg andrews