Peace Like a River

OK. At camp, longtime friend Stu asked if I'd make some paper mobiles like ones I'd made about ten years ago, this time for a show he's putting together entitled PRAYERS FOR PEACE IN PRINT, PAPER, AND PAINT. I said I would, we selected prayers from a collection he'd brought to camp, and home I went.

Yesterday I realized the show opens on Tuesday 5 September and, presumably, needs to be hung before then. I'd need to complete the mobiles and get them in the mail to Vermont as soon as humanly possible.

Oh!

Would my sister across town still have one of those mobiles sent as a birthday card a whole decade ago so I could use it as a prototype?

She would.

Without having to leave the house, would I be able to round up enough suitable paper to make five mobiles with 30 strips each?

I would.

Did I still have any of the spiral paper clips I purchased ten years ago to use as hangers and stabilizing weights, and would I be able to locate them?

I did, and I would.

Would I have enough white thread in my sewing machine?

I would.

Would I be able to choose peace instead of panic as my modus operandi for this project?

Yes!

One of the prayers:

Deep peace of the running wave to you.

Deep peace of the flowing air to you.

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.

Deep peace of the shining stars to you.

Deep peace of the infinite peace to you.

                         —adapted from ancient Gaelic runes

Prayers for Peace

SEPTEMBER 5 THROUGH OCTOBER 29

     

OPENING RECEPTION

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10^TH

2 TO 4 p.m.

West Village Meeting House

All Souls Church

29 South Street

West Brattleboro, VT 05301

802 254-9377

Unexpected Project

Prayers for peace.

prayers for peace
work in progress