My Daily Prayer

Today, may there be fluidity in which I can move smoothly from the various roles of mother, wife, teacher, daughter and friend.

May there be moments of calm, space for my soul to know, I am more than what I can achieve and accomplish. 

May there be peace, a day where no one is resisting the journey but where we balance out each other’s differences and support each other’s dreams. 

May there be harmony-, where the notes of our lives, different but yet together, create beauty so that everyone shines. 

And may today, I see glimpses of the heavenly, glimpses of gold in the faces of everyone I meet. 

Amen

This small collection contains 7 pieces, each called a different day of the week. They are more than my daily prayer, they are my daily yearning- for balance, calm, harmony and intentional rest. Often my heart needs to see fully what it desires, it needs to get a vision of where I am longing to go. Often my hands need to express what my soul is crying out for, my biggest cry is a cry for patience- patience with others, but mainly patience with my own humanity.

Although each day is different, there are the same elements that repeat in each piece. Mixed media embodying the mixed ways of my life, the mixed roles, the mixed people I interact with, and the mixed places our lives take us. The fluidity of watercolor, the gentle brush strokes, almost showing a dance of many different steps. Hand-dyed wools and silks from flowers given to me during seasons of deep pain- pain coming through and popping up daily.

Hard course antique hessian, handed down string and vintage embroidery threads showing different stitches, like different moments in time- those moments that hold all the various appointments and places I need to be. And lastly gold thread, which for me is a mark of the heavenly and the the angelic.

My bold hope is that these pieces will continue to pray these longings, and inspire, refresh and hold moment of calm and balance for whoever walks past them