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George Bernard Shaw once wisely said:
“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”
While I knew very little about him, other than being fascinated by the story of Pygmalion, this quote often heard, stuck in my mind as a sign that some things just are, and always have been. It seems to settle the inner chatter about why some things “just are”. Or even things long ago, that “just were”.
Here is an interesting link from the internet, where some sisters talk about their experiences researching the family tree, and it makes good reading. They have some good tips to share about how they did their searching, and a few wry laughs to go on with. I came across this quote there again, which proves, there are some things that just are…
(copyright Imogen Crest 2007.)
This is a collaged ATC I made using an image of my cat Pebbles, which I had to have put down 2 years ago. She had a tumour which grew in the place where she had been given an inoculation. When I queried this, the vet explained that certain inoculations can trigger such tumours although they are not common and this was the first he had come across in 15 years. He removed the tumour but within several months a second appeared and there were almost certainly more of which we were unaware. The decision to have her put down was one of the hardest things I have had to do. Of the two cats we had at the time, she was my favourite and I was desolate at her death. I still miss her. She loved flowers so this ATC is entitled “Our lady of the flowers”. I find using her image in my artwork has helped overcome her loss.
On the other side of the road.
Veda arrives at Shangra-la with le Enchanteur
And I will sew this patch on my scar coat, close to my heart.
Heather Blakey August 2006
Keep playing Vedie
A scarcoat is a coat that details in painting, writing, and with all manner of things pinned and stiched to it all. It shows the scars we carry, the wounds, the hurt. Sometimes it only takes a little while to make a coat like this.
Veda’s violent death has left me with an open wound that is going to take some time to heal. To gain comfort I have begun making her part of my garden beautiful. Today I will sit making a coat for her to wear so that when she arrives at the Island of the Beloved they will know she has citizenship.
Here, in the safety of this cave, we can bring things to pin onto coats that le Enchanteur has left for us. Show us a fragment of your scarcoat.
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