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Mo Crow
Sydney, Australia
illustrating the lyrics of Old Man Crow one song at a time
Interests: illustration, bookbinding, music, crows, cats, looking after our beautiful planet for the seventh generations
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birds are the best weavers!
Commented 6 hours ago on bird art at Sparkling Lotus Ink
bird art
We needed a propane delivery so I went out to collect this year's Carolina Wren nest. Have never done that before but over this particular summer I was puzzled to discern no nest shape through the kitchen sink window. That was a first although they nest there every year. As soon as I opened...
yes I did the other thing that disappears scarily is when a scalpel blade breaks the point often flies off the table... there is still one missing from a few years ago...
Commented 3 days ago on blue medicine at handstories
blue medicine
The cat threw up at 5 am, just outside the bedroom. The phone rang before anyone was up, a junk call. The neighbor below the studio windows has been having his roof redone with non-stop machinery since 8 am. All morning I shuffled through half finished things, piles of cloth, paper...
I found a lost needle in my bed last week between the blankets...
Commented 3 days ago on blue medicine at handstories
blue medicine
The cat threw up at 5 am, just outside the bedroom. The phone rang before anyone was up, a junk call. The neighbor below the studio windows has been having his roof redone with non-stop machinery since 8 am. All morning I shuffled through half finished things, piles of cloth, paper...
did you find the needle?
Commented 3 days ago on blue medicine at handstories
blue medicine
The cat threw up at 5 am, just outside the bedroom. The phone rang before anyone was up, a junk call. The neighbor below the studio windows has been having his roof redone with non-stop machinery since 8 am. All morning I shuffled through half finished things, piles of cloth, paper...
on a road trip last century I wrote down Old Man Crow's stream of consciousness ramblings as an experiment, my favoutite lines were
"brass key, back door
primo primo, what for
makes about as much sense
as alphabet soup"
© Rod Morgan MCMXCIII
Commented 4 days ago on Soup at Spirit Cloth
Soup
Sometimes, just living can rescue you. Every scrap from the garden and leftover food prep has been frozen since this pandemic has emerged. I guess I was in a panic early on. I did not let anything go to waste. Fearing not being able to go to the market. The freezer is filled with bags of scraps ...
the most cystalline cloth I can think of is silk satin, it holds the shimmer
Commented 5 days ago on Translations & transformations at handstories
Translations & transformations
My first memory of beautiful stones is seventh grade science class. The geology study. Mr. T. passing out pieces of cardboard with rows of rocks glued and labeled onto them. Rose quartz is the one I remember, I appreciated that it was easily identified by its soft pinkness. Ten yea...
(((Jude))) love how thread can be a lifeline
Commented 5 days ago on The Cure for Sick and Tired... at Spirit Cloth
The Cure for Sick and Tired...
No need to name it. Not counting days or naming them either. Just Going.
there is such comfort in stitch in these strange days!
Commented 7 days ago on holding things together at bee creative
holding things together
Everything's okay (that's for Mom). It's been a very long week. Always thankful for a knitting or stitching project, it's space to breath. Phrase most often said this week: "If you want me to remember this, write it down." Lists help immensely when things get busy. The best thing about an on...
such beautiful autumn colour
Commented 7 days ago on Colored Days at Spirit Cloth
Colored Days
Maybe 5 days now, no sun. Maybe 5 more? But oh so warm. Windows open. No sun, but oh so golden. Late Cosmos. Glorious porch days. More splitting, this one seemed to bleed. Still in-between technologies. Mostly off-line this weekend. Getting things done. Considering the humor in that. Like any...
(((Acey))) you are a formidable woman & our world needs more formidable women!
Commented Oct 22, 2020 on showing up as myself at Sparkling Lotus Ink
showing up as myself
I was going to post these pics morning before last when I took them but then I temporarily set aside my sense of humor in order to do some emotional housecleaning. There was an expressed need for me to introduce myself to 5-7 new blog readers. I said to the person who defined the need "how? ...
(((Jude))) love your "just going"
Commented Oct 22, 2020 on all one thing at Spirit Cloth
all one thing
Looking. I altered these photos with a filter to make them look worn. I put a few pieces together on the wall. The ones within reach. When I do this, it is an exercise in probability. They will probably fit together. That is my Seeing theory... if I remain true to my vision. And then, you know, ...
(((Acey))) what a cool young man both now and then!
Commented Oct 22, 2020 on sometimes it isn't raining at Sparkling Lotus Ink
sometimes it isn't raining
I wrote a post with this same title and image that I thought out in advance as an ongoing mid-day activity. It was careful to be: careful, mindful, and neutral-gear neutral. Maybe that was the problem. Or maybe it was just retro merc shadow type stuff or one of those lazy thumbed keystroke...
(((Hazel))) your crystal drawings hold the magic of discovering a world in a grain of sand
Commented Oct 21, 2020 on Crowns & crystals 💎 at handstories
Crowns & crystals 💎
Sometimes crystals are added after the painting the blind drawings. They relax me in a different way than painting. There's a sense of discovery, as the blurs of paint take shape. Finding buried treasure. There have been lots of fairy tale thoughts and wondering what it is that dr...
love how you have lifted the edge to what lies beneath bringing to mind these favourite words from 'The Page' by Margaret Atwood (Murder in the Dark Coach House Press);
"5. The question about the page is; what is beneath it? It seems to have two dimensions, you can pick it up and turn it over and the back is the same as the front. Nothing, you say, disappointed.
But you're looking in the wrong place, you were looking on the back instead of beneath. Beneath the page is another story. Beneath the page is everything that has ever happened, most of which you would rather not hear about.
The page is not a pool but a skin, a skin is there to hold in and it can feel you touching it. Did you really think it would just lie there and do nothing?
Touch the page at your peril: it is you who are blank and innocent, not the page. Nevertheless you want to know, nothing will stop you. You touch the page, it's as if you've drawn a knife across it, the page has been hurt now, a sinuous wound opens up, a thin incision. Darkness wells through."
Commented Oct 21, 2020 on Managing Edges at Spirit Cloth
Managing Edges
I suppose I have composed one of my selves. Made the base cloth a bit longer because I felt the need for more space. An old print overdyed with indigo. Ripped to size. I cut along the side of the print so I might slide the patchwork into the base cloth. Integrate the two. For Oneness. Of c...
it works when you take the full stop out of the URL
https://www.sambakermusic.com/post/prairie-storm-bound-for-glory
Commented Oct 19, 2020 on Some other kind of energy at Spirit Cloth
Some other kind of energy
A Moon. Always a whiteboard opportunity. For story. Days fly by at such a frightening speed really, lately, I am thrown off course. Then I think, what course? I really have lost that sense of direction that keeps me focused. My sleep is off, mealtime is off. I have little notes posted here ...
Yay for the new computer! I don't have a cell phone (or want one) & really don't enjoy having to peer into those tiny screens when friends want to show me their photos, reminds me of those awful slide nights when we were kids when my Dad would make us sit through the 11 reels of slides taken of our family...
Commented Oct 19, 2020 on Some other kind of energy at Spirit Cloth
Some other kind of energy
A Moon. Always a whiteboard opportunity. For story. Days fly by at such a frightening speed really, lately, I am thrown off course. Then I think, what course? I really have lost that sense of direction that keeps me focused. My sleep is off, mealtime is off. I have little notes posted here ...
(((Deb))) your photo of the drying calendula is magic!
Commented Oct 19, 2020 on prepare at bee creative
prepare
1. Drying Calendula on top of the dehydrator before adding it to oil for salve making. A little sage too. 2. Chopping carrots to put in the dehydrator. 3. Step one of sauerkraut.
(((Jude))) love Soul-O's nap in B&W, dream on!
Commented Oct 18, 2020 on Rest at Spirit Cloth
Rest
I'm going to take a nap. Start over.
(((Jude))) thank you for doing on this dark moon, you gave me the courage to have a go at cutting through a river of cloth to weave some moons through
Commented Oct 17, 2020 on The Drama of Facing Through at Spirit Cloth
The Drama of Facing Through
The Cut: The cut is hard sometimes, but I have come to love it. It is a wound, a hole, an opening, a separation, a new edge, a space, a way through, an undoing and a challenge. A letting go. The Patch: The patch is, well, quite simply a way to solve a problem. So it might be anything and everyt...
wow (((Hazel))) love your "Cosmic Crossroads", you are so in the zone!
Commented Oct 16, 2020 on Time in cloth & thoughts at handstories
Time in cloth & thoughts
Beginning with one of Jude's moons, this cloth exploded into being... "Cosmic Crossroads". The morning paintings are looking more and more like cloth to me. There are a few ideas about following this thread. So many ideas, and even with all of the time in today's world, it still do...
(((Jude)))
Commented Oct 15, 2020 on Oneness at Spirit Cloth
Oneness
After some technical advisement, the short version of the story,I did, indeed,lose the files on my hard drive. And the computer is non functional. So "things" fell apart. But I didn't. And I have kept my needles threaded. Just needing some time to gather some appropriate patches. Seems the o...
Most Australian native plants are evergreen & adapted for hot dry conditions with long narrow grey green leaves and often waxy cuticules. There are only a few deciduous trees that spring to mind Brachychiton acerifolius (Flame Tree) Brachichyton rupestris (Bottle Tree) & the beautiful Melia azederach (White Cedar) which is in flower now here in Sydney, none od these trees colour up, just drop their leaves all at once helped by the caterpillars of the moths that eat them.
Commented Oct 15, 2020 on the return of RED at Sparkling Lotus Ink
the return of RED
Most of the maples here turn bright yellow or deep plum. Scattered here and there we have a few scarlet leaved trees. For the past several years they haven't turned color but simply browned, shriveled, and fell in a few days' time. I presumed it had something to do with lessened rainfall and...
maples almost never colour up well here in Sydney, the leaves just go brown and shrivel up our summers are way too hot!
Commented Oct 14, 2020 on the return of RED at Sparkling Lotus Ink
the return of RED
Most of the maples here turn bright yellow or deep plum. Scattered here and there we have a few scarlet leaved trees. For the past several years they haven't turned color but simply browned, shriveled, and fell in a few days' time. I presumed it had something to do with lessened rainfall and...
(((Dana))) oh that is stunning! I have no problems commenting I have an iMac and use Firefox for my browser.
Commented Oct 14, 2020 on Foxglove in indigo at Raven and Sparrow
Foxglove in indigo
I use Typepad as a platform for my blog and have been experiencing the same problems I have seen on other Typepad blogs lately....no way for people to comment. I hate computer stuff and actively avoid fiddling with the nuts and bolts of this activity, but I cherish the comments I receive and am ...
beautiful autumn light
Commented Oct 12, 2020 on in sunnier daze at Sparkling Lotus Ink
in sunnier daze
It is once again cold and rainy. The images are three days old when it was warm enough to lie flat on the cement pool skirt with Mama. Took about a dozen pics from that angle. Above there's a pair of circling Turkey Buzzards. Was a little bit uhhhhh over the one on the left coming out as a...
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