If
confession is good for the soul, then here goes.
This word acted like the two
bars on one of my favorite cartoons [see the 5th row] I used when I
was teaching humor and creativity in the classroom. I had all 14 quilts in a
row ready to place them in some order on the composite and I just couldn’t see
a creative pattern. My boundary had become a closed box, not just 2 bars. Rita looked over my shoulder and said look for
lines and colors and faces and there it was, my bars opened. Yes, I know, each
quilt makes its own heartfelt statement. For the composite, here are my
thoughts as to how the rows speak.
Row one: How
obvious, fences, wide open inviting views, clouds with blue sky, leading lines taking
[breaking our boundaries] us off into new adventures, wonderful perspectives.
Row two: The
faces row. A simple one panel cartoon is known as “economy of expression.” If a
picture is worth a thousand words, these 3 images say it all. First, does the
monkey really feel that boundary? Personally, I think it does. Carolyn’s quilt
says it shouts, no more boundaries, no more! And then Tricia caps it off,
“Boundaries, sure, but who cares!” Row two makes a powerful statement for the theme
of this round.
Row three
and four: You just can’t take you eye off the color and line. Each block
demands your eye to move to the next block and then to the next then back,
almost as if the quilts are tied together. Gail, it was almost as if you saw
the fissure in Nedra’s panel but in abstract. Kathy, I saw rain drops on the
sunrise in Dee’s panel. Candace, at first I couldn’t decide if the black border
was part of the quilt, then saw your signature in the corner. It ties very
nicely with the blacks in Sara’s work. My eye has difficulty leaving rows 3 and
4.
Row 5: What
an imaginative way to complete the composite. Karen’s open gate into the
distance tells us there are no boundaries and what great perspective in a
vertical image. Yes, I was very involved with Rita’s doors and I have been
behind [or better said – beyond] each one of them. As we photographed each door
I was reminded of what a magnificent word for this round. You proved the fact
that you know no boundaries on your creativity. My cartoon character is/was
trapped by only two self-imposed boundaries. Creativity and positive outlook is
a great hacksaw.
Job well
done everybody!
