you flower, you feast

Rebecca Davis (American)

Star of Lemoyne Quilt

Detalls de l'arquitectura modernista de Barcelona. Details of Barcelona’s modernist architecture.

Meaning: Star: bright, ancient wound I follow home. Ghost: the outline of silence. Mouth: an entryway or an exit. Sea: cold ancestor; bloodless womb

See also: Star: spark; stranger; scripture; sting. Ghost: shadow; photograph; hum. Mouth: fish; slug; fist; slop; any synonym of please. Sea: heart-song; swarm-song; salt-song; swallower of songs

Antonym: Star: fish. Ghost: blood. Mouth: mouth. Sea: machine

Origin: Star: myth; a mother's stories; matter's static. Ghost: all things birth their own opposites. Mouth: what came first, the sword or the wound? Sea: N/A

"I used to think I was the strangest person in the world, but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you."