Kalyan | S R G M P D N S | |
Bilawal | S R G m P D N S | |
Khammaj | S R G m P D n S | |
Kafi | S R g m P D n S | |
Asawari | S R g m P d n S | |
Bhairavi | S r g m P d n S | |
Bhairav | S r G m P d N S | |
Todi | S r g M P d N S | |
Purvi | S r G M P d N S | |
Marwa | S r G M P D N S |
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Eva |
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Jan on Eva's Conques porch
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Bilbao © 1999 Lothar |
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Bilbao © 1999 Lothar |
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JH as a Zen nun in Korea |
Shiva-purna |
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© Mary Welch 2004 |
IT UPSETS MY CAT
"Is it better to be caged and freed, than never to have been caged at
all?" Barbara
Meneley
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Long Cu, July 24, 2004 |
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July 24, 2004, detail, beginning of wings background, lower left corneer |
To: Linda Subject: A Thought Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:29:50 -0700 (PDT) Dear Linda: I have just BEGUN to drive myself crazy -- thinking thinking thinking about the background for the wings/ears of THE TEN THATS. Finally made a decision -- I think: I'll stitch in Tintal in a two line pattern with one line between, repeating it all the way down. In 22 mesh you can imaginee how tiny these lines will be! -- plus all the complications of the OMs and Sanskrit and squares that are already on top, which these new background stitches will have to go "under" MADNESS! -- trying to count the pattern across all that STUFF! -- will surely ensue. Why do I do it? I don't quite know. To try my own patience? To show that any wild thing I can think of, I can do? If it works, it should be stunning. Included is a copper wire "Khali." I found the copper wire while walking over to the U this morning in the 90+ degree heat (already at 10:00 a.m.) on the street. Who could resist picking up a small rat's nest of copper wire? Not I! I had been debating what to put in the khali -- it is the "empty" -- I have to look it up, it's more than a "beat." I'll be right back... Ah ha! "vibhag" or "ang." It is the "empty vibhag or ang" (i.e. "measure") in Tintal. The first vighag is SAM (pronounced sum, the second is a bhari, the third is the khali, and the fourth is another bhari. Got it? So Tintal is called (means) "three clap!," because the khali vibhag is a "wave of the hand" (as you are keeping time) and only the other three vighags get a clap. Simple, really! That's why I could never be a musician! However, in Needlepoint, once I get the little buggers stitched in, they STAY where they belong and I can SEE them, even if I can't UNDERSTAND them! So, copper wire for the khalis. It sounds like some parallel universe, doesn't it. Ah so! If I survive, I'll be scanning what I did, sometime today. I may even get it posted. I come alive in the heat. Yesterday it was 98 degrees. That's the temperature I need to live at. So who knows? -- there may be one more move in my life -- out to the desert again. Also, I'm having one cup 'o coffee -- not every day -- it sure helps. I don't know why, but buying a cup at my favorite coffee shop, i.e. Allegro, it doesn't seem to give me the itch. Maybe what I am allergic to is those coffee filters! or TJ's coffee! Anyway, much love, Jan To: Jan Subject: RE: A Thought Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:56:44 -0700 Dearest Jan, You may have just BEGUN to drive yourself crazy, but after two readings of THE TEN THATS/vighag/ang/22 mesh etc etc etc., I am in a whirl sitting here in the middle of the Sonoma Library. Reminds me of my friend Stephanie who does BOXES -- precise/very orderly/neat as a pin -- and has just got her first order from a SF gallery. Everything is balanced within a millimeter of perfection and, like you, she has a complete explanation for every box. Love, Linda To: Linda Subject: Language Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:40:33 -0700 (PDT) Dear L: I thought you might enjoy all that LANGUAGE re the "music" in THE TEN THATS. I continue to be eternally charmed by the jargons of the world. And I must not forget to amplify the bit about the gamak, ornaments, tans parsed into the microtonal aspect of the srutis! I try to contain my delight at the thought that you now have to go out, like I do, each day to do your computing. Actually it's not a bad life!I continue to feel a bit better! Bill's class last night -- delicious! How fortunate I am to have a Guru across the street. Love, J |
VII Great Grandmother's Legacy
THE FOLLOWING NEEDLEPOINTS ARE BASED ON THE RHYTHMS AND MELODY OF
NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC