My Fair Isle
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Gratitude Is Not Some Distant Land

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Grasses and trees, fences and walls demonstrate and exalt it for the sake of living beings, both ordinary and sage; in turn, living beings,...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Strange Materials

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Excited to share with you this book, Strange Material, Storytelling Through Textiles by Leanne Prain .  Two of my projects, Spindle 7 and...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Silence

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We just ended the fall intensive Zen training period.  It was three-months of stepped up practice.  One thing that usually happens...
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Saturday, November 15, 2014

The Courage of My Convictions

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What is it that people say?  Every long journey begins with a single step?  Well, in this case, every massive art installation begins wit...
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Friday, November 14, 2014

And So It Begins

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"Go ahead, photograph me....again....if you must." There were some tense days at StudioLove (hey, if you are taking on Richard...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

I'll Take It

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Last night, Lucy and I were sorting through old photographs that have been stored in a big bin in the basement for many years.  Photographs ...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Annnnnnnnd, One More!

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Did I mention that Helen is not an earth-toned kind of person?  I was secretly (and now, openly) cheering that little fact when I realized t...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

Gratitude in Woolen Form

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Believe me, I know what you are saying.  "Oh Robyn, I could barely sleep last night wondering what the yarn you made for Helen looked ...
Saturday, November 08, 2014

Spinning Demo TODAY! at Gauge + Tension

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TODAY!  I will be at Gauge + Tension , a pop-up yarn store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (110 Meserole Street) from 2 - 3 p.m. to lead a spindl...
Friday, November 07, 2014

What Is It?

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Here is a snippet of the conversation over at Diva/Divan/FridgeFest (the collaborative project that I am a part of, along with other visual ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Enough Already

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Patanjali's Yoga Sutra 1.12 abhyāsa-vairāgya-ābhyāṁ tan-nirodhaḥ Through diligent effort and non-attachment to results, we will ...
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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Move Over, Richard Serra

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When it comes to big egos in the art world, let's face it, there is a lot of competition.  In fact, it is kind of a given because, again...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Please Teach Me

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This past weekend, I had the honor of being the monitor for a person who was sitting Tangaryo .  In our tradition, this means sitting in zaz...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Tap, Tap...Is This Thing On?

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What the heck is going on here?  No posts for ages.  My hits are way down.  It's like something happened and everyone forgot to tell me...
Friday, October 03, 2014

Fluttering

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It was a little over a year ago that I began a project as Artist in Residence with A Handmade Assembly .  If you remember, it was about the...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Priceless or Worthless?

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Recently, I reconnected with a group of artists with whom I collaborated several years ago.  They are theatre artists/performers (mainly) an...
Monday, September 22, 2014

A Mixed Message

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A group of us left the Monastery early (my stay there ended with a three-day, silent retreat) to drive down to the city so we could attend ...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Hosan

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This space has been extra quiet because I am in residence at Zen Mountain Monastery for two weeks.  It isn't a special retreat or sesshi...
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Saturday, September 06, 2014

Circles + Squares at bkbx

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The new season has begun at bkbx !  Opening with a group exhibition of gallery artists, bkbx will kick off its new season and second year as...
Monday, September 01, 2014

Without Neglecting A Single Fragment

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Practice Instructions:  With Total Trust Roam and Play in Samadhi     Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157) Empty and desireless, cold and...
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