Remembering Them

“So don't be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression, since you don't know what work they are accomplishing within you?"

---Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

Linda Miller here, this flag is shared in honor of the recent tragedy... see more on my blog.

Grief and Healing

My parents passed away within four months of each other.  I've been putting collections of their things, and photographing them in groups.This one is to honor my dad - his tools and pancake flipper, made into a quilted prayer flag.  Sort of like his tools of trade now enveloped into my work of fiber art, bonding us together. -- Jamie Fingal

and in my grieving, I need my house to be blessed with love and joy and healing

My prayer flags are hung in my studio, so that I can look at them everyday.  This project has been good for me, since it is hard to focus on large works during my grief, and I can concentrate my efforts on working small.