In a long discussion with friends yesterday about our latest pieces brought me to an interesting realization: I am using the same fabric for my spike in the current piece (representing the roadblocks between myself and pregnancy) as I did for the silver lining in my postcard piece of the same name.
Are my subfertility hassles somehow a silver lining for me? This has taken long enough that I've met and married my husband, and no one now doubts that I am ready, willing and able to be a parent. Is there more, or did I just pick the same fabric because it was silvery enough to be both a silver lining and an iron railroad spike?
Hm... I read Tarot intuitively, and a tattoo and henna artist friend of mine started reading the henna she applied for clients in the same way. Does anyone out there 'read' their quilt art?
I'd already wondered about the extremely bright colors in my current peice - NOT in the realm of my usual pallette. I hope/think that it is because I am feeling optimistic...
Very interesting to contemplate. What do YOU think? Does it ring true to you that your working through infertility is somehow a silver lining in your life? If nothing else, perhaps it's that some day you'll have extra appreciation for your child/ren for what you went through to have a family...
ReplyDeleteAll things in life seem to have an opposite... perhaps your silver lining represents what you consider the 'good' side of something, while the spike represents the 'bad' or tough side of the same thing. Paradox is something we face day in and day out. Life is a package deal...it comes with the promise of death. Children enter our lives and our solitude is greatly diminished. Solitude returns as the children leave home, and we long for what has been lost...
ReplyDeletePerhaps what is most important is staying in the present and enjoying it fully. Don't worry about it, just LIVE it!