It's based on an imaginative reflection on a favourite hymn and favourite poem with a shred theme. As always with these reflective pieces, each day I read the poem and allow its images, rhythms and sounds to soak into my way of thinking. Likewise I read yhe hymn or listen to it on Youtube.
The work is done on my usual 22 count canvas, the finished piece will be 7×7 inches with a 1/4 inch rainbow border. As in the more recent work, the fun starts when I get to the metallic threads 
– but that's a long way off yet.
– but that's a long way off yet."This life is one,
and in its warp and woof
and sometimes in the pattern shows most clear,
where there are sombre colours."
I learned those lines what seems like a hundred years ago – they still help me make sense of some of our most difficult life experiences.
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