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<\/a>\nI was sorry that it was rectangular, so I thought I would try making a circular background, maybe about 2 or 3 feet across. I had some circles of fabric that I use for centerpieces, and tried the different sizes.\u00a0 What became clear was that the tapestry demanded a LARGE background. The final version was a 6\u2019 circle made to look like the planet in blue & green, with North & South America, part of Africa and Europe.
\nThe project took a long time, and there were several steps along the way.<\/p>\n
Dear Guides & Guardians, please help me get in touch with my deep intuition and deep intention. This interchange was based on a technique they taught us in Somatic Experiencing, finding a resource that\u2019s opposite to the image of activation. Bleak, tired, hard to get up.\u00a0 The only thing that made it possible was thinking about the background I want to make for the Peruvian village tapestry.\u00a0 I bought solid colors at Cut & Sew yesterday.\u00a0 I still need something for a background \u2014 I think of a foamcore circle.<\/p>\n Once I had put the fabric on the foamcore circle, and attached the Peruvian tapestry in South America, I made a lot of little animals and fish and plants out of Sculpey.\u00a0 It\u2019s a polymer clay that comes in bright colors and can be fired hard at ordinary oven temperatures.\u00a0 Then I sewed them in place.<\/p>\n A Great Beltane Celebration!\u00a0 I finished the World of Diversity and hung it on the east wall where it looks beautiful.\u00a0 Made a small centerpiece with Gaia and a couple of scarves.\u00a0 I put up the maypole during break, gave minimal instructions, we had a great time \u2014 it looked BEAUTIFUL.\u00a0 We did \u201cLife Gods\u201d to finish.<\/p>\n Last night was so SATISFYING!\u00a0 I feel warm & strong and centered and grounded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Written over 2003 – 2005) In the spring of 2003, I went to NEFFA, the New England Folk Festival that\u2019s held in Natick High School in Natick, Mass.\u00a0 I fell in love with a Peruvian tapestry.\u00a0 It was about 12\u201d … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
\n Dear Jenny, relax.\u00a0 There is a spring of joy at the heart of the Divine that springs forth in creativity, abundance, diversity: stars, planets, minerals, trees, whales, caterpillars, song, dance, and costume.\u00a0 Your heart is a fountain open at the bottom to this Source.\u00a0 Let yourself feel the spring rising and overflowing.\u00a0 Rest in this place. <\/em><\/p>\n
\nDear Guides and Guardian Spirits, I\u2019m feeling pretty bleak again this morning.\u00a0 Please help me.
\n Dear Jenny, breathe.\u00a0 Relax.\u00a0 You\u2019re doing fine.\u00a0 What is the opposite of bleak?<\/em>
\nFirst image \u2014 sun blazing brightly on a frozen landscape.\u00a0 But that\u2019s bleak too.\u00a0 Second image \u2014 the South American tapestry of the village scene, colorful and 3 dimensional.\u00a0 A tree with streamers, a circle of dancers, boxes of produce \u2014 this is the earth in all its glorious diversity.\u00a0 This is the vision of Planet Earth that I hold in my heart.
\n Dear Jenny, by holding that vision you are doing good work for the planet you love.<\/em>
\nThank you.<\/p>\n