Thursday, July 4, 2019

Progress #34. Try 10 different beading projects

6/10: Anklets / Ankle Cuffs

I made these to match my steadily-developing regalia, which centres around my spirit name.

I also got to use the last of the gold bugle beads gifted to me by my mom to make the golden eagle feathers -- and as the last in the series that involves the golden eagle on the vest, the feathers on the bracelet cuffs and, now, the feathers on the anklets, I thought that was quite serendipitous and neat.






My next project will be a headpiece / band of flowerwork to match the front of my vest -- and I'm going to loombead it, because I haven't beaded on a loom since I was a kid and I used to love it so much -- this really logical bridging of math and art. I'm excited.

My next next project is going to be to fully appliquée a plain pair of Toms-esque shoes with a sunrise and flowers. This should be the last piece of regalia, until I learn to machine sew a ribbon skirt. That likely won't be until my next set of goals, though.


Monday, July 1, 2019

Progress: #15. Read and write more poetry


nayyirah waheed, 2013

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"my heart is in my mind. i think this is why i am an artist."

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"i don't pay attention to the
world ending.
it has ended for me 
many times
and began again in the morning."

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"stay is a sensitive word.
we wear
who stayed
and
who left
in our skin forever."

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"you do not have to be a fire
for 
every mountain blocking you.
you could be a water
and
soft river your way to freedom
too."

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"never
trust anyone
who says
they do not see color.
this means
to them
you are invisible."

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"apologize to your body.
maybe
that's where the healing begins."

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"some people
when they hear your story
contract.
others
 upon hearing
your story.
expand.
and
this is how
you know."

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"if you can not
hear
them.
ask the ancestors
to
speak louder.
they only whisper
so
as not to frighten you.
they know
they have been convinced.
coerced.
spooked.
from your skin."

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"you must
put
healing on the list.
the grocery list.
the to do list.
the night list.
because
you are teaching
your baby
the very same chemistry
that
took your eyes
and
heart when you were four."



Original goal list posted here