+ Her Barefoot Heart

communion

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About three weeks ago, I picked up 503 new drawings by Nancy. I am thrilled because for the first time, she’s using multiple colors

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making deliberate choices

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filling the page with what might look like frenzy and chaos to some, looks more like joy and freedom to me.

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Because I can’t begin to imagine how long it would take me to stitch all that joy and freedom, I’ve decided to create a response to each piece, stitching a visual representation of what a conversation with Nancy looks like. (When it happens, that is, cause she’s pretty much non-verbal.) (But when she does engage, let me tell you: it’s a riot of color and a romp of fun and a caper down a path you’d love to go down again and again and again.)

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Communion. That’s that I’m calling this new series.

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8 Comments

  1. Merry ME

    You are nothing if not ambitious. This is going to be beautiful.

    • whollyjeanne

      thank you, sugar. it’s taking me a while to get my brain to play along. it keeps asking “what does a conversation looks like on any given day, and a conversation with nnancy? you’re crazy, girl.” and maybe i am. but i’m doing it anyway. x

      • Merry ME

        If you’re crazy and you know it, clap your hands! Or pick up a needle and stitch as the case may be.

        • whollyjeanne

          Oh my funny friend, yes. That’s it exactly. Even is you’re not happy, pick up a needle and stitch your way into the big H. X

  2. Illuminary

    Oh! That’s a beautiful name…
    Looking forward to watching the holy unfold…

    • whollyjeanne

      you said the word would find me, and it did. x

  3. brandeewineb

    Oh, how cool! I love seeing Nancy’s progression & I fascinated by your response!

    • whollyjeanne

      Thank you, Sugar. There’s never a dull moment with Nancy, that’s for sure.

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