March 2022 AAP Featured Artist

March 2022 AAP Featured Artist:Louise Silk Tree of Life 21 | 2021 | knit t-shirt remnants, perle cotton, machine pieced and hand quilted | 64 x 58 in.  Louise SilkLouise Silk began her career as a fiber artist by way of a 1972 article in MS Magazine. The gist of the article was that because men had no interest in quilt making,Continue reading “March 2022 AAP Featured Artist”

Vaccines in the time of Covid

One year after quarantine began, I have achieved the unimaginable: the immunization protection from this deadly disease. Going out into the public, still masked, with my immunization card in hand, brought out the following dichotomies and then some: I feel safer from, yet less trusting of anyone without a mask. I feel happy that lifeContinue reading “Vaccines in the time of Covid”

E. ZERO WASTE/COLLECT

Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living  One can never have too many quilts. It’s easy to reach your limit on needlepoint pillows or knitted sweaters, but not quilts. There is always another bed, sofa, table, wall, birth, wedding, orContinue reading “E. ZERO WASTE/COLLECT”

F. DECONSTRUCT/ RECYCLE/UPCYCLE

Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living  Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us Just show up and get to work. All the best ideas come out of the work itself. Chuck Close One thing leads to another. ItContinue reading “F. DECONSTRUCT/ RECYCLE/UPCYCLE”

I. HIERARCHY OF SPIRIT

Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living  You learn for yourself not for others, not to show off, not to put the other one down/ learning is your secret, it is all you have, it is the only thing youContinue reading “I. HIERARCHY OF SPIRIT”

L. BUBBEWISDOM

Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living  BubbeWisdom ties together philosophical values, physical consciousness, psychological emotions and ephemeral spirit to improve the likelihood of right action in the right way at the right time. The first grandchild arrives along withContinue reading “L. BUBBEWISDOM”

K. GOOD, BETTER, BEST

Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living  Life gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every pieceContinue reading “K. GOOD, BETTER, BEST”

R. KABBALAH

Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living  Kabbalah is not a series of books or a series of theories, but a course in experience. It actually asks us to participate in the world in a new way. It asks usContinue reading “R. KABBALAH”

O. PIECES OF MEMORY

Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living  Dear Friend, Pieces of Memory, a series of fiber artworks grieving the monumental loss of my parents, will be on exhibition this fall at the American Jewish Museum of the Jewish Community CenterContinue reading “O. PIECES OF MEMORY”

W. LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS

Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living  It helps to remember that our practice is not about accomplishing anything – not about winning or losing – but about ceasing to struggle and relaxing as it is. That is what weContinue reading “W. LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS”