of tapestries, friendship and kindness...

Grateful for my years working at other jobs while making jewelry on the side.

One of those jobs was directing tourists at Trinity Church with Lin Nulman, who has so beautifully expanded on the story of kindness I tried to portray in the lapin, renard et fleur amulet. Her words brought me to tears, so happy to share them here.

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1.

A fascinating aspect of beautiful medieval tapestries is the sense of many things happening, but not quite in real time or space. That strange perception can wake us up, as our eyes move along the flat woven surface. A flower here, an animal there. We notice a cat, a fox, a rabbit, a variety of plants.

When we take a moment to notice each one, we appreciate the whole tapestry more. Life benefits from the same kind of Looking. When we take a moment to notice, or to wear, one beautiful element of the natural world, we remember each plant or creature is part of Nature, and we can see that Whole in each one of them.

2.

Tapestry Life

The fox was not hungry

for anything

but beauty, for a little

grace, its own place

in the colors, among

the strange stitched plants,

to sit, and some breath

of wind behind

the tapestry, to bring it

life. Being Art,

both sly and soft, and

wise and tricky, fox

eyed the weave to hunt

meanings. Also soft,

signing luck and plenty,

the rabbit climbed

across the tapestry, across

time and space, from one Art

to another Art, to offer

a small shine of

new Beauty,

inspired by old Beauty, one

living thing to another.

- by Lin Nulman

Lin Nulman has wide experience writing for herself, for the historic site where she works, for creative journals and anthologies, for theaters, for public television art auctions, and for websites about real estate and design. She invites creative people who need writing and/or editing services to get in touch. She’s fortunate to have a job she loves; newly self-employed freelancing is her side hustle, so she is mellow and all-around reasonable to work with. Find her at https://thecreativeparttimer.wordpress.com or lin.nulman@yahoo.com