Tuesday, July 3, 2012

all through the night there were words twirling through my head. i fell asleep with a sentence forming and reforming itself like a mantra. and i woke twice to the same words collecting in my brain. trying to tell a story. to find a jumping off spot. words to start a basket of stories. and i awoke with a distorted version of the sentence. not a strong sentence like it had seemed before it was diluted by sleep.
i need an early start in the studio today. no puttering around the house this morning. my pile of quilts is growing, but i have so many more ideas.

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  1. I mourn when I lose good words I had in the night. But sometimes, I make myself get up to capture them on paper and in the morning I realize they weren't any good after all. The best is when I wake and find they were as special as they seemed in the dark and I did capture them.

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  2. I often have a sense at night especially in twilight sleep, of hearing voices and sentences swirling around in my mind. I think to myself that I am going to remember these words, and sentences that I hear but unfortunately I only remember fragments, bits and pieces of things. I get the impression that these are important phrases and ones I should remember if only I could! :)

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    1. i love the idea of 'twilight sleep'. that's beautiful!

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  3. that's why I (try to) have a notebook with me at all times, even next to my bed. I hate it when I miss or forget something. my dreams don't often contain actual words though, just images or ideas, and often impossible to put into any other form. that's what I love about dreams...

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    1. i have so many notebooks with only a single scrawl in them. i'm not good at keeping them with me.

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