November 20th, Haiku #173

11/20/2020

We've set out to sail,
discovery awaits us-
from all ports inside.

I somehow magically got my kiddo off-screen today, and we made a little sailboat and explored a lake nearby to test it. So many intentions over the years to walk around this small lake, just a bike ride from my house. Work and others' needs always got in the way. Today was the day and we saw ducks, a turtle climb back in its shell and plop back in the water, woodpeckers and black-capped chickadees singing their song. Soon there will be a "pause" again, and we will need to imagine our way to the other side of it, from our own tiny port.

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Haiku Hand

To not lose the memory of my hands during COVID, I craft words as part of my artistic practice. I end the day in contemplation as a daily record of this time, and as an observational diary of my environment.

Rebecca Siemering lives and works in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA, as a fiber artist, arts administrator, and writer. She explores the theme of “wanting the good life,” utilizing found materials in her animistic sculpture and textile art. Her methodical and compulsive style of stitch and needlework reflects the original obsession-
to rise above the mundane, the sculpture embodying a soul that exists apart from the corporeal article of ink and pulp. Her recycled, paper-based work is in the collection of Fidelity Investments and has traveled in shows with the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, the Fuller Craft Museum, and Fiber Art International.

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