Tag Archives: political

“Just Once I’d Like to Punch the Bad Guy-said the Pa-ci-FIST”

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30″x30″ Silk on silk, hemp twine, metallic floss and metallic and cotton thread 

I am a life long pacifist, but lately I am embarrassed to find myself imagining a mechanical fist punching the bad behavioral qualities out of our President so only humanistic behaviors exist.  Sadly I’m not certain much would remain…………………………………………………………………………….

My work is on the Textile Study Group of New York’s Fall 2018 Web Page

Please find my handsewn piece called “Girls Just Want to have Fun With a Nod to Cindy Lauper, Miriam Shapiro, Judy Chicago, Ariel Pink and the 140,000,000 Women with Genital Mutilation” on the Textile Study Group of New York’s Fall 2018 web gallery.  I am pleased to be included among so many super creative textile /fiber artists!!!
 

Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Linen, silk, polyester, cotton, metallic thread and floss, cotton thread and floss 16.5”x20.25”

What Has Happened to our Presidency?

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24.75″x 21.5″  Silk and Linen, metallic thread and floss

My narrative that the Presidency is a position of serious responsibility for the good of the entire nation, where ego is tempered by the understanding that the role requires thoughtful responses, that words matter and that personal financial aggrandizement is absolutely not ok, has been exploded.  I trust in the rule of law and my fellow citizens to restore my faith in this position.