a poem, your advice, and the new word

wow, you guys. i was really touched by your enthusiastic reaction to gossamer. all of your kind comments were so very much appreciated. and megan flattered me beyond imagination. really, thank you.

and did you see what erin and tracy created? all so different - our interpretations, our choice of media, our projects. it's been so much fun, these last few days, anticipating, revealing, reflecting. but before i get to round 2, i have two more gossamer things to mention.

my brother - a poet, an artist whose medium is words - sent me this poem yesterday. it's by emily dickinson, and it's what comes to his mind when he thinks of gossamer. the poem is - well, it's so gossamer. and i was really touched that my brother was thinking about me and my project enough to have connected the word to this poem and sent it along to me. read it, if you haven't already. i don't think you'll be sorry. (i wonder whether my direction would have changed if i had read this poem at the beginning of the process? hmmm.)

the final - i think - gossamer item is this. there is a second gossamer piece. a sister piece, if you will, to the project i shared yesterday. i didn't mention it yesterday because i didn't want to take away from my final project, but there is another. it's gossamer (2), and it's very much like gossamer - 16x20, printed linen and stitching on linen covered board - except that the linen in this one is pink.

i'm considering the possibility of selling gossamer (2). but i have no idea if anyone would have any interest in buying it! this would be my first time offering my work for sale on the blog; it's something new for me, and something that i'm curious about exploring.

would you tell me what you think? of course, if i do put it up for sale, i'll give a full listing with pricing and such. but for today, i'd really love to have your input and opinions as to whether this is something to explore. or whether i ought to hang these sisters together on the wall of my studio room and keep their beauty all to myself! (which is also still a possibility.) so please, tell me the truth.

phew! i think that's it for gossamer for now. which is a good thing, because this next word - from jen - is so full of possibility that i'd better get started right away! (can you see it there? the word, written on the corner of her print, sitting on my desk alongside a few favorite things? it's a good one.)

happy weekend, friends.

Comments

[Tracy]

Wow. Thank you for sharing the poem. I whispered it aloud to myself, because that's how I experience the fullness of a cadence like that, and really slow down and hear it.

I like the pink one, too. So I wasn't the only one to do multiples here! We all did, in a way.

[erin]

i say keep it for now - not that it wouldn't sell, it would! - but just sit on it for awhile and see how you feel about selling it in a month or so. you'll know the answer yourself.

[Grace]

I agree with Erin. I was going to say almost the exact same thing before I even read her comment. Beautiful work, Emily. I feel sad that I wasn't on the computer all this week to have seen the original project when you first posted. But I think you know that I'm thinking about you all the time. xoxox

[leslie]

it would sell emily. you are so so talented.
it looks lovely in pink as well.

[hrsj]

oh the pink is wonderful and soft, tender. i have new thoughts about this that i will email you...
i hope the sun shines there today for you emily!

[raina]

Beautiful, ethereal...I would keep it for a while and enjoy...then, if you think someone else should enjoy it, think about selling it.

[amisha]

beautiful.
i agree with the other comments... let it sit for a bit, see how you feel about it (and the relationship of the two pieces together), then decide.
xox

[Eren]

Yep, im with the rest...hold on to it for now until you feel like you can let it go.

Love, love the poem. What a sweet brother.