Robin Atk
Cry ~ BJP for February, 2010
This piece is all about my mother and me. She is 93 years old and in the process of shutting down. I live in WA, she in MN. This is hard for both of us as we've always been close. I choose my words for each month in a rather improvisational way, trusting my subconscious to find words with relevance and meaning. The word I circled as the most important was "cry." I knew it was about Mom and my inner tears for all that she suffers and for missing her as she declines into not always knowing who I am. In the center of the heart, which represents our love for one another, is my tear. And in the center of that is a picture of Mom. As I stitched beads (and buttons, etc.) on this heart, I realized that all of the words for this month have to do with Mom.
Cry ~ BJP for February, 2010
This piece is all about my mother and me. She is 93 years old and in the process of shutting down. I live in WA, she in MN. This is hard for both of us as we've always been close. I choose my words for each month in a rather improvisational way, trusting my subconscious to find words with relevance and meaning. The word I circled as the most important was "cry." I knew it was about Mom and my inner tears for all that she suffers and for missing her as she declines into not always knowing who I am. In the center of the heart, which represents our love for one another, is my tear. And in the center of that is a picture of Mom. As I stitched beads (and buttons, etc.) on this heart, I realized that all of the words for this month have to do with Mom.