Breath of Time
Jan 25th, 2010 by Lisa
Now on exhibit
at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center/Seattle:
Beyond Convention
This spring, CQA offered the opportunity to make a quilt based on a poem, written by cancer survivors at Cancer Lifeline Seattle. Being a cancer surviver myself, out of about hundred poems this poem by Jean Joder is my personal favorite:
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A poet writing, rewriting!
Sweeping up life’s energies;
Recording the breath of time.
A poet steeped in language.
Which language?
It makes no difference.
Words and images flow
From the artist into the world.
Can I see, hear, taste or touch?
Everything moves;
Nothing is the same.
- Breath of Time by Lisa Jenni
The quilts will be exhibited from January 16 thru April 3, 2010 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center/Seattle.
When I first read this poem, the words …writing and rewriting …remained lingering in my mind, also …language, which doesn’t make a difference…
My work started with cutting and recutting fabric, sewing it back together, working with abstract text and old German hand writing.
- Breath of Time
The hand dyed fabric shows it’s most delicate side by changing the orientation.