looking out.
tongue in mouth,
trapped,
pressing against teeth
imprisoned
a warm wet womb
stay safe
say nothing
SHUT YOUR MOUTH
keep quiet
be quiet
be
Fear
Things I make reflect my fears?
More than one in the bag? What is in that bag? Go shopping. Real shopping bags dedicated to each artist. Tracey Emin's would have a blanket in it, or a loud hailer? Too obvious? Sarah Lucas would have eggs and vegetables, don't know what it says but it would be fun. Is art allowed to be fun?
the darkness not expressed, we each wear a mask, many masks, a cliché too far?
Open mouths, no sound
Fears waiting to be stitched over and hidden
Boxed in, already trapped inside? Secure in the knowledge you can't get out, plenty to complain of but no action necessary. A bag/box of trapped thoughts, beliefs, explosive.....
trapped in the Body Bag, a mono print.....on a bag?
thoughts and fears scuttle across the consciousness, scurrying round and round in the Body Bag. A bag of insects and spiders, a wirey tangle. Pity barbed wire would be a Health and Safety risk too far.
A spider web of silence that traps sufferers of domestic violence, insects and eight legged creatures again....
The hidden fears named and stitched to the back of the mind
Other makers express/use their fears in their work. do you stop being afraid when you have made use of it? Can you continue to make when you are no longer afraid. Do you value your fears, hold them close, or do they hold you closer.
Agnes Richter stitched her thought all over her clothes, an effort to escape her Body Bag and the Psychiatric Hospital where she was enclosed [Prinzhorn Collection]
Lorina Bulwer stitched her stories endlessly in The Lowestoft Workhouse to express her anger when no-one would listen
Tracey Emin Stitched her blanket to force herself into the world of acceptance
Elizabeth Parker stitched her anguish and guilt in laundry silk when she dared not tell anyone of the assault on her by her employer
I stitch
