Comments on: Threads ~ We are all connected, We all have a story

By: Lucy Mathews Heegaard

Lucy Mathews Heegaard — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:59:52 +0000

Thanks so much, Vladimir!

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:03:04 +0000

This is truly beautiful and amazing. While watching your video with her work – I felt like being under some divine spell.

By: Lucy Mathews Heegaard

Lucy Mathews Heegaard — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:21:46 +0000

Martha, I love your memory of learning to needlepoint from your stepmother and what that meant to you. Conjures memories for me of those moments of care and attention as a kid that make us feel special. Like you, I never suspected I’d find needlepoint so fascinating, but in reality it’s not the craft itself but the way this particular woman chose to use it as a tool for personal expression that struck me as so meaningful. A reader who saw and commented on my blog at a site where it was reposted compared this needlepoint project to the way young girls in the “old days” in his culture used to tell their parents their feelings and wishes through the pictures they wove into their Kilim rug creations. Makes me pause and consider how much more vast the possibilities for creativity are when we let ourselves color “outside the lines” and use traditional techniques in new ways or for new purposes. Fun to think about! –Lucy

By: Martha Macomber

Martha Macomber — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:07:58 +0000

I have never really liked needlepoint until now. I learned it as a child from my stepmother and I loved the attention she gave me while teaching me but the confines of the diagonal stitch in the predrawn picture lost its appeal for me pretty quickly. Your women, her story, redefines this craft. She has found a way to create in what I had decided up until now was an uncreative task. I find this dichotomy of this piece interesting. Needlepoint is a particularly “conservative” craft and yet she is seemingly pushing this craft to a “funky” place, a truly creative place. I did not know needlepoint had this capacity.

By: Lucy Mathews Heegaard

Lucy Mathews Heegaard — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:06:54 +0000

Thanks so much for letting me know you enjoyed the video! I know the subject of my story will likely stop by here and will appreciate seeing how her wisdom has touched so many, as well. And thanks for helping share the story! –Lucy

By: catherinephilosophie

catherinephilosophie — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:47:43 +0000

Dear Lucy,

This is very very good. I enjoyed the Video immensely. The Lady has refined manners and her Art is wise and very much appreciated.

Take care.

http://kathycustren.multiply.com/journal/item/246/Links

By: Lucy Mathews Heegaard

Lucy Mathews Heegaard — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:47:29 +0000

MM, I appreciate your thoughtful note. You have certainly seen this story evolve from the very beginning!

By: MM

MM — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:12:48 +0000

This piece just gets better and better, just as a growing flower does.

By: Lucy Mathews Heegaard

Lucy Mathews Heegaard — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:27:27 +0000

Charlie, Thanks so much for your gracious comments. I appreciate your linking the St. Augustine quote to the story, as well. Beautiful! You understand this landscape perfectly! –Lucy

By: Charles R. Hale

Charles R. Hale — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:15:26 +0000

Lady…you’ve got talent!

I get goose bumps when I see “We are all connected, we all have a story.” You express that beautifully and that sentiment is what first drew me to your work.

The 5th century Catholic saint and scholar, Augustine said, “We are all as one.” I’ve always taken that to mean, “We are all as one. In our joys and sufferings we are all of each other, connected.” You beautifully capture the essence of that in your work and in your spirit, Lucy. Thank you for that.

Charlie