Circle house 1

“And you know, the fact is, nobody knew that they were prosthetic legs. They were the star of the show - these wooden boots peeking out from under this raffia dress - but in fact, they were actually legs made for me.”

Summer Day Quilt - 52” x 75”

I crave these colors in the Summertime. The juicy peaches and sunny yellows are at the same time theraputic and energizing. I started this modern take on the Courthouse Steps motif with a precious square of my all time favorite Leah Goren print, and from there it grew outwards. Along the way it became a study in perspective. As I added strips, I imagined the cheer it could bring to a home on a cloudy day. I give you now my snap shot of Summer, and hope your Summer is going well too (if you live in the Northern Hemisphere). Here.

“I always mistrust everything which I see, which an image shows me, because I imagine what is beyond it. And what is beyond an image cannot be known.”

 – Michelangelo Antonioni

What is it with lesbians and home? Gone home fun home whats next? My home is now a lesbian im afraid if i stay near a home too long i too will become a lesbian but i think its too late

anonymous message to @closet-keys

1. Gwen Shockey, Lavender Scissors and Red Houses (2016). — Lesbian Art and Artists

2. Catherine Opie, Self-Portrait/Cutting (1993). — Guggenheim

3. text reads “term: family of origin / term: chosen family”.

4. Catherine Opie, Eleanor & Megan, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1998) from her series Domestic (1995–1998). — Regen Projects

5. Catherine Opie, Sunday Morning Breakfast (2004) from her series In and Around Home (2004–2005). — Guggenheim

6. text from Barbara Smith, 1989, “A Press of Our Own Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press”, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 10 (3):11–13, doi: 10.2307/3346433. inset: photo by JEB (Joan E. Biren) of (L–R) Barbara Smith, Audre Lorde, Cherríe Moraga, and hattie gossett, four of the cofounders of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, representing their imprint at the second Women in Print Conference, Washington, DC (October 1–4, 1981). — Pinterest

7. from part five of Judy Grahn’s poem A Woman is Talking to Death (1974). you can view/download the scanned book here and access the poem in text format at Poets.org.

8. Tammy Rae Carland, Untitled (Lesbian Bed #4) from her series Lesbian Beds (2002). — artist’s site

9. Marsha Wetzel photographed by Lyndon French on behalf of the New York Times for Mark Miller’s November 18, 2016 article “No Rest at Rest Home: Fighting Bias Against Gays and Lesbians”.

10. (Noel) Phyllis Birkby, lesbian, architect, founder of the Women’s School of Planning and Architecture (1974–1981), in undated photo. — Sophia Smith Collection, Women’s History Archives at Smith College

overflowing:

Erin Blakemore. 2016. “The Turn-of-the-Century Lesbians Who Founded the Field of Home Ec”. JSTOR Daily, December 30.

Tammy Rae Carland’s series Keeping House (1999).

photos from Dusty Lombardo’s series Butch Interiors (2004).

etc.