Sunday, June 13, 2021

Moon Dance

I finally found a puzzle that I want to hang on my wall. It's called "Moon Dance," put out by a company called eeBoo, from their Piece & Love line of puzzles, which are wonderfully inclusive of all the colors of humanity who share our planet. I don't know if you've ever noticed, but people who look like me and my family do not appear in the vast majority of jigsaw puzzles, and so I was enchanted by eeBoo's diverse offerings. I particularly love this painting of women celebrating together in a moonlit garden. It speaks to me of feminine communion and joy. I ordered a frame for the finished puzzle, and am waiting eagerly for its delivery.

I also want to make a record here of those two ceramic plates on my dining table, the blue and the green, which arrived by mail in a box marked fragile, sent to me by the senator whose book I helped write. Clayed and glazed and decorated by her own hands, they are part of her series of "envelope plates," and one of them, the green one, bears the initials of her beloved mother as a design motif. Having worked with the senator on her book published earlier this year, I know what her ceramic art means to her, how deeply claying restores her for the fight for right, and so I know what an inestimable gift it is to receive a pair of these one-of-a-kind works or art. "Please use them," Mazie told me with her usual pragmatic sincerity, and so, with love and appreciation for her heart of fire, I shall.





13 comments:

  1. They are beautiful, and how meaningful that her beloved mother’s initials are on one. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, moved to tears on more than one occasion. Being an immigrant, and half Japanese, I identified with so much of the book. I do wonder what it must be like in Hawaii, where Asians are the majority. Would I have been prouder of who I was instead of wishing for blond hair and blue eyes. Much love.
    Xoxo
    Barbara

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  2. Your envelope plates are a wonderful gift from the Senator! She has so many talents!
    That puzzle is so colorful and lively!

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  3. What a beautiful gift to receive, made with love by hand. Truly lovely in every way.
    That puzzle is wonderful. It would make beautiful art for your wall. Love this.

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  4. Those plates are truly a heart-gift. Wow. Just...wow. Beautiful. Amazing. Meaningful. Expressive.
    You should use them on your birthday.
    I want to check that puzzle company out. That is a very happy puzzle.

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  5. Such a beautiful colors and message of hope in that round puzzle.

    Along with so much of that book, I was moved when she talked about her art work. What a wonderful gift those two plates are!

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  6. What a remarkable gift those plates are. And every time you use them you can tell the story of your shared project!

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  7. You are blessed to know this woman and her gift to you is a treasure. I so admire what you do.

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  8. I love that jigsaw and can understand why you want to frame it and place it on your wall.

    How wonderful to receive those handmade plates. They are very special.

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  9. Those plates are so beautiful. What a wonderful gift they are.

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  10. Those envelope plates are lovely, as is the puzzle.

    I've always wanted to dance under the moon.

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  11. The puzzle and plates are gorgeous, and their stories are as well.

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  12. what a lovely gift. I like that puzzle too. I'm a big jigsaw puzzle fan. when the twins would come for their weeks during the summers we always had a puzzle going. I don't think I've worked since since they went off to college.

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  13. I fell in love with your gorgeous plates and I know that you just love them and just love the special lady that made them. I have always known how channeling your emotions into art, or a passion that you love helps in so many ways.
    I use my scrapbooking, making pages are meaningful for me. I do pages of my dad and brother every Memorial Day. I enjoy doing pages for friends and family. It is so relaxing for me and I am one of those that believes everyone has a talent of one kind or another and if you don't use it you lose it lol, paraphrasing from one of my kids teachers to remind the kids to keep up with their school work over summer break.
    The puzzles are awesome. I went over to see about ordering a few for my daughter in law and granddaughter to do. All of my kids loved doing them growing up and I was very happy to see that three of my grandchildren love them now as well.
    I hope that you have a wonderful week ahead and will love to see your wall when you get it finished with Moon Dance. Lots of Huge Hugs and Blessings.

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