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| The three things that energize me
are making quilts, listening to music, and working with high school students. When all
three of these forces come together in one project, I'm zoned, I'm at my best. Last year
in an English class about memoir writing, one of my young friends wrote a piece about how
he felt the first time he went to hear his favorite band, Phish. He described his
resulting euphoria as feeling like a sun was shining in his belly. This image exploded in
my head; I recognized the sensation. I like going to hear Phish too, and I also know that
sunshiny feeling from Grateful Dead shows. Peter agreed to let me borrow his metaphor and
thus was born my current series of quilts which express how I feel when I hear my favorite
bands play. I'm getting older, maybe I'm getting smarter; life changes but some things stay the same. Going to hear the right kind of music makes me feel like I will live forever. There are a lot more quilts to make, more songs to hear, more kids to learn from. |
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