I've been working on "Mark" for 10 months now. If the speed at which September disappeared is any indicator, the first anniversary of the project will be here before I know it.
I've taken a "full piece" photo this month to show how the stitching is spreading, particularly on the abdominal section to which I moved at the beginning of the month:
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| Mark on the Body - WIP, Sept. 29,2014 (C) |
Taking a closer look, here's one hand:
and the other -- the one on which I'm working right now:
Here's the "blue sky" above one upper arm:
and working across the abdomen:
To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
Mary Oliver
Beacon Press, 2004
