tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post2557608982890211867..comments2022-03-30T01:58:08.300-05:00Comments on missouribendstudio: Sticks and StillnessMissouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-50682401689148200252010-10-31T07:41:52.785-05:002010-10-31T07:41:52.785-05:00Gabriella....couldn't agree more! I love your ...Gabriella....couldn't agree more! I love your phrase "the pause before turning the page"! And do come over for pie...it's mighty fine!<br /><br />Thanks so much Robyn...I'm glad you could imagine my backroads country drive...if only we'd had the camera!!! But, better than that, the image of my world has unfolded inside you just from a few simple words...like magic!<br /><br />Corrine, I envy you living apart...on a dirt road. John and I imagined living further out in the country as we took our lovely drive yesterday through the farmland. We actually do live out of town and in the country in a "neighborhood" of about twenty houses all on one side of a road (the other side trees) that back up to the river. I'm sure you enjoy the space and the place! Thanks for your comment!<br /><br />Fiona...we do have much in common in our work and yours I know is also about a quiet unfolding. As far as my moving hands...I've always said that I think through my hands! Enjoy your day and thanks for reading and commenting here!<br /><br />My best to all of you, friends!Missouri Bend Paper Workshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-91236453114690120162010-10-31T05:39:57.376-05:002010-10-31T05:39:57.376-05:00Thanks Patti - this series is really beautiful and...Thanks Patti - this series is really beautiful and I liked the inspiration image that accompanies the page. I like your reasoning as well around why the page - it is so true that we need to pause, be still and reflect. It's the only way I know to quiet understandings. This format really does offer the one on one experience; the chance to hold it in your hands, to be in quiet congregation with the piece.<br /><br />"Here's what my moving hands reminded me..." - perfect.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-53162302837084123572010-10-31T05:05:51.055-05:002010-10-31T05:05:51.055-05:00Wonderful thoughts. Living out the long dirt road ...Wonderful thoughts. Living out the long dirt road for me without much<br />distraction except for dogs give me time for that slowness, that long single look. Sometimes when I walk the dogs I just stop and look and listen and become the place. It's so hard to do that today, you are so right. xox CorrineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-27327565909113406832010-10-31T01:50:33.148-05:002010-10-31T01:50:33.148-05:00Wonderful post! I constantly search for this still...Wonderful post! I constantly search for this stillness to bring balance into a busy life. "Whole worlds can unfold inside us when we slow down" .... A quote I have just written into my Book of Quotations.<br />This Page from the Book of Broken Branches, says it all. It speaks strongly to me. I have a very clear picture in my mind of your drive out in the country.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-27697636604886286692010-10-30T21:01:06.287-05:002010-10-30T21:01:06.287-05:00Another vote for slowness! You speak my thoughts, ...Another vote for slowness! You speak my thoughts, Patti. Of course someone into stillness would choose the book page as medium. It is the ultimate representation of an intimate moment of reflective pause.<br /><br />And why the rush? Why the need today for such an overstimulating blur in our arts and amusements, as if life itself weren't fast-paced and fleeting enough? I knew I was getting old when I almost had to walk out of a movie a few years ago because the cinematography was so hellbent and choppy, not allowing the eye to rest or the mind to grasp anything for a millisecond before moving on. I felt bombarded by information on the cellular level that I would never be able to process beyond a feeling of mild agitation afterwards. Then there were the old movies that held amazing long lingering bold shots as if they were stills...were would we be without the silences between sound, the pause before turning the page? <br /><br />And don't get me started on apple pie!<br /><br />Thanks for this post, P.Gisizeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08842508709852026701noreply@blogger.com