Interbeing
The suggested replacement word for the verb "to be," coined by Vietnamese Buddhist Monk and scholar Thich Nhat Hanh. It means to inter-dependently co-exist. The meaning of interbeing recognizes the dependence of any one person or thing as to all other people and objects.
Not only is no man an island, but rather his interbeing is shared with the plants and animals he eats, the people who make his clothes and food, the people who populate his home, country and the very world he perceives, the insects that pollinate the trees that yield his fruit, shade him from the sun and provide lumber for his house.
I wanted to use samples of dyeing that I didn't know what to do with. All different tries of indigo, madder, and many other leaves, and plants I made during the last few years.
The idea is to work only with a neutral linen thread. Maybe it'll change...
Running stitches. Straight lines or circles, maybe spiral.
It's my first big piece, right now is 24'' x 24'' (60 cm x 60 cm), but I think I'll still adding small pieces.
Normally, I don't use an embroidery hoop for stitching meditation, but because of the size of this piece, I find that working with a hoop is easier.
Starting with a spiral from the center out...
The spiral keeps connecting all the different pieces.
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