{"id":3221,"date":"2019-07-15T14:07:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2019-07-15T14:07:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:07:27","slug":"the-wheel-turns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/15\/the-wheel-turns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wheel Turns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3222\" style=\"width: 2410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3222\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3222\" src=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/07\/turn-turn-turn.jpg?resize=1100%2C1526\" alt=\"Turn Turn Turn\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1526\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turn, Turn, Turn &#8211; hand dyed fabric, stamped and stitched 24&#215;30&#8243;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This life is a wheel, I think, ever turning, sometimes it seems to slow but never stops. Recently there have been friends who have died in their elder stages of life, the wheel turns. Today photos of a new baby arrived in my inbox, smiling tired parents and sleeping baby, I knew this woman when she was just a girl and now she&#8217;s a mom&#8230;the wheel turns again. We received a wedding announcement for a young couple who found each other at the camp where we work what wonder this turning wheel brings. Is it the wheel of a traveling carriage on a long journey? Or perhaps the spinning wheel, turning fibers into threads to weave into the tapestry of life. I think that might be it, threads sturdy and strong, threads thin and tenuous. All to be dyed and woven into to the cloth of their purpose. A garment, a blanket, a shelter. Worn to tatters as is the way of the turning wheel never stopping, only slowing now and again for us to notice if we happen to be paying attention.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is a fabric collage piece I just completed inspired by this moment of noticing the wheel. Thank you to Joan and Ralph who have recently died, thank you for showing me a bit of the tapestry of your life sharing your shelter, wisdom and comfort. Thank you baby Solomon and his parents Calen and Myron for reminding me that the wheel that turns to death also turns to life, and thank you Colby and Noelle for inviting us to witness the turning of the wheel once more, the twining of your lives from two threads to one that will be long, beautiful and sturdy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This life is a wheel, I think, ever turning, sometimes it seems to slow but never stops. Recently there have been friends who have died in their elder stages of life, the wheel turns. 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