July Pre-emptive Carpet 2020

In July,
the Pre-emptive Carpet
entreats you to
make a plan NOW
to VOTE early

VOTE by mail
in the safety of your own home

photos taken in Kansas in 2001

Imaginary soundtrack for this post:
Jimi Hendricks
The Star Spangled Banner
at Woodstock

Flag assemblage

 

VOTE to bring sanity to congress

VOTE to confront the devastation
caused by the
“military Industrial complex”

VOTE to heal our country

photographer unknown

This post is dedicated to John Lewis

photo by Michael Avedon,
grandson of Richard Avedon

He leaves us with these words
from an op-ed in the New York Times
published the day of his funeral
July 30, 2020
"Ordinary people

with extraordinary vision

can redeem the soul of America

by getting in

what I call good trouble,

necessary trouble.

Voting and participating

in the democratic process

are key.

The vote

is the most powerful

nonviolent change agent

you have

in a democratic society."

Resources:

vote.org

votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote

June Hovering Carpet 2020

During this “simultumultuous” time
of containment and explosion,
The Flying Carpet
is still hovering
and gathering together various collections
from over the years.

Here are a few:
The Bark Collection
(taken out of context
becoming something beyond)
 

The Collection of Edges
(saving and giving a home
to all the bits and pieces)
 

The Needle Book Collection
(the bizarre ideal woman)
 

The  Collection of Strange Envelopes
(became part of a year journal
from 2010 called Post Thanks)
 

The Collection of Miscellany
(Or the collection of things
everyone else throws away)
 

My friend Jean says,
“a collection is
when you have one
and you want more.”
 

I notice that
addition
and
addiction
have only one letter
separating them.
 

What surprising collection
do you have?
 

From my isolation
giving thanks to each person
who is making
their courageous voice heard
for positive change.
 

May Hovering Carpet 2020

In May,
The "Hovering" Carpet
went (almost) nowhere!

…and wandered around considering
Intention/ Happenstance/ Betwixt…

In G's Studio...

Intention:
Far Away/ So Close
 

Happenstance:
Pen Wiping Handkerchief

Betwixt:
Crazy Quilt Pojagi
 

Z’s Studio...

Intention:
Corner
 

 Happenstance:
Black Water

Betwixt:
Detritus Installation

Garden...

Intention:
Rust Garden

Happenstance:
Tulip Fade

 

Betwixt:
Honeysuckle twist

“Chance favors the prepared mind”
—Louis Pasteur

...so grateful for all...

April Flying Carpet 2020

In this time of extremity,
The Flying Carpet

is hovering in place.

 Obsessed with sprouts…
the most local food imaginable
grown in your kitchen hydroponically…
what could be more nutritious?

 Radish Sprouts

 

 

 Sunflower sprouts

 Mung bean sprouts

Alfalfa sprouts

So The Hovering Carpet 

invites you to enjoy

a virtual "sprout collage salad"

and looks forward 

to real meals together.

 My heart goes out to 

everyone who has

suffered loss.

Special thanks to Jacob 

who has been our lifeline.

March Flying Carpet 2020

In March

The Flying Carpet

"Sheltered in Place"

and finished the 

Islands and Coastlines

2019 Japan travel Journal

Please unpack it with me

Packets containing temple stamps

and place stamps

and drawings

and postcards

and a box containing 

Uchiko Candles

Naoshima shells

Next we unwrap the furoshiki

and find an accordion fold book

of photos, quotes, and writings

here are a few pages...

and a book 

of folded memorabilia

and a jumble of gratitude

to everyone

who was a part of

this extraordinary journey