Craftivist protest

Getting my jacket ready for demonstration tomorrow - 3 unicorns heading to the far right or 4 unicorns in an endless circle of stupidity? #craftivist#protest #StopTheCoup #CraftersAgainstTheCoup

 

Journal quilts continued, August, Brexit - has all hope gone?

Newspaper painted with a mix of red, white and blue giving a murky grey.

Flash of yellow fabric to celebrate the Liberal Democrat win in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, and to represent the conservative party majority of 1 in the House of Commons.

EU stars and blue thread showing inter-connectedness of 'just-in-time" delivery and manufacturing across the EU which the UK will lose access to if Brexit happens on 31 October.

Edged with black mourning ribbon.

A week is a long time

What change in the world in a week. I don’t address politics much in this blog, but I fear for the future for all of us when truth is distorted so blatantly, and the only politics presented is the  politics of fear and division.

Inspiring then to find the words of Valarie Kaur.  Her speech is shown here, demonstrating that it is possible to be passionate without being opinionated, to be bold without being dismissive of others, and to be truly brave. Her closing words will resonate for me during 2017 - “ what if this is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb?"

Walking with that thought in mind, a natural “womb” was photographed.

On the return journey, seen from a different angle, a hidden treasure was revealed to the camera.

Laughter and joy can still be found, we just need to look for them more closely.