Offering

I’ve landed on a new way of working out my designs…on white board instead of paper. Loving the slipperiness of white board markers, it suits my love of flow, water, smoothness. Especially since I’m lately working mostly with cold glass (stained glass & mirror). It’s felt a bit cold, angular and sharp, so adding in this flow quality is very satisfying and feels constitutionally balancing.

She’s called ‘Offering’ and is almost done. Just need to drill 3 holes, one for her eye and 2 others for the support screws.

As I’ve been cutting, grinding, taping, glueing, drilling, I’m intentionally thinking about you…and all of us. I’ve grown so fond of us all just trying to make sense of the struggle, the chaos of our times. I find it so tender that we’re all in this together and no one is spared the struggle. I love us and hope that somehow the act of making while loving will add up to a tenderness others can feel.

With each consecutive piece I’ve become more deliberate about this decision I’ve made to use my precious, limited time on earth to create things. I’m becoming clear that my making of these things is all I have to offer. It’s my contribution and I’m not quite sure how it can actually help, but it’s what I have to offer.

I am very aware of how cold, edgy, breakable and even injurious the glass can be, all while it’s reflective, radiant and beautiful, just like life. Can I hold both truths in my heart? That’s my practice right now.