Law 93: On Cats and Art, and sadly, rain

Since it is spring, even here in New Seattle, Magellan our most awesome ship's cat has been shedding apace. Yes, there is cat hair everywhere, not to mention the rather amazing 'rastas' he has developed on his hindquarters. Evidently i've been a bad cat mom, performing insufficient grooming on him this past winter.

Please, if you love me, groom me

Yikes! I hope we don't have to shave him. We work on them a little bit every day. Although he is a huge attention hound he will only tolerate the brushing for a limited amount of time before he turns said grooming session into the Bite the Human game.

Okay, I'm done now

And yes, it is raining again here. I believe that we have experienced rain 19 out of the past 20 days here in Middle River, Md, or New Seattle, as the 'joke' goes. It is vital to conduct  mushroom and mold check daily. Urggh!

I must think of more inspiring things than the rain, so art it is! It's been almost six weeks since i first posted about the new embroidery piece i have started, Morning Glory Ganesh. Here's an image of it, cut out with the major design element, Ganesh, drawn in and ready to start sewing.

Ready to start with the needle!

Here you see the piece just as i am starting to be happy with it, and understand where i think this project will go. For me, until the piece begins to resolve as an embroidered image it does not come alive. Before this the work feels dull and tedious. Now that i can see in my head and under my hands what the finished piece will look like the stitching is far more a pleasure, a tedious one to be sure, but a magical pleasure none the less.

Starting to come together here!

Yes, i do look at every stitch, even when i am playing girl/cat on a string with Magellan. This type of work is about ritual. i love it and hate it(the doing) pretty much at the same time.



More later,
Morgainne.

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