
Field research in the expanse between the tactile and the intangible; noticing yarn, light, line, and things that want to be made with the materials at hand. In short--tales of a yarnish life with Beryl, my dog.
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it makes a certain kind of sense—
to slice up the lid of a cardboard box1—
glue the resulting strips to the inside of the box (with the flaps as spacers/anchors)—
cover the whole thing with newspapers, recipes and used coffee filters—
(...
once
upon
a summer,1
weeks and weeks ago,
and also yesterday,
some flowers2
and some fleece,
some roots,3
and some insects,4
some leaves
(in two different forms),5
and some nuts
(from the alley behind my house)
decided—
to ha...
frankly, I'm not that into it.
collecting stuff I mean.
not that I mind a good meander.1
it’s just that in town, I never know where we’re going. 2
but sarah?
well, she seems to live for it this time of year:
picking, snipping and weig...
actually i don’t know what to call them.
cocoon works, to a point.
but so does anchor—
at least in the sense that this string of glowing orbs now draws me to spend time at the formerly hard-to-light and often-ignored table at the center...
it was a whisper of an idea.
more air than substance.1
a bit like a summer breeze:2
familiar—
unexpectedly enticing—
and ultimately unignorable.
also, last time i struck by a sudden urgent need to wind a warp on a cardboard box i ende...
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