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I move very quickly. So when there is a season of being in the hallway, moving between the rooms, I hate it. I hate waiting, I hate not knowing, I hate making sacrifices, I hate compromising, I hate watching the thing I think I want slip between my fingers. I hate when things don’t move on my timeline, I hate when God has other plans for me, I hate when the bubbles at the party pass by me and I can’t catch them even though I know, I am not there to catch them.
And yet, I stay. I relish in this. I linger in the not knowing for as long as I can, for as long as my radical devotion will lead me to. I stay very awake in the waiting and I let it change me from the inside out. I don’t tell myself not to have “hating the timeline” be my first thought. I allow it in like a rushing stream of wisdom and then I say, if we just wait a little bit longer the not knowing becomes the Utopia.
Every party I go to I leave without saying goodbye and I leave before I am tired. Every party I go to I go to just for me and as soon as it is not very fun for me I leave. I vanish, I take myself out the back door and I walk to my car and I make the drive back up the peninsula.
I find this keeps me in the hallway and not rushing into the next room. A room I don’t even want to be in. How often do I move too quickly just to not be in the hallway, just to be somewhere else. Anywhere but where I am.
In the midst of discomfort I notice it only takes staying put a few times to have waiting feel comfortable. For the waiting to not be waiting for what is next but to just be the thing that happens in between.
May the blessings of the thin veil bring patience and peace
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I got to share my tips for consistent writing and growth on Substack on their very own newsletter - enjoyed answering questions in the comments as well
Sunday Quilt Class is SOLD OUT and there are 5 spots left on Tuesdays - We start Tuesday November 8
Want to save the date for January 2023 class and be the first to be able to sign up? Add your email here and put the dates in your calendarA Fugitive Assembly: Artists on gathering and dispersal - Tomorrow evening Tuesday November 1 6PST / 9 EST - REGISTER HERE
Why do artists, writers, and activists form collectives? And, what happens then when your mission/directive/purpose has been accomplished? Or you find that it either cannot be realized, or needs more time/resources/attention than initially planned? For some, that could mean disassembly, for others adaptation and transformation.
Join Collective Arising artist Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo along with Taylor Brandon of the no neutral alliance and Jamal Batts of The Black Aesthetic in a conversation moderated by Lucia Olubunmi R. Momoh about the ephemeral and malleable qualities of artist collectives.
My friend Oli is having top surgery in a few weeks and you can help them reach their goal - May all Northern Michigan queers become themselves forever and ever, what a gift to witness
A Quilt is Something Human Alumni Shivani Mehta Bhatia beautiful newsletter
New Dusen Dusen sheets
My dear friend and AQISH co-teacher Christi Johnson
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Quilt Class alumni (and everyone!) Want to take your studies further into the shadow realm? Join AQISH Alum and amazing artist Melissa Word for this class
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