12.8.25 Aphorisms
a short post today
Aphorisms for My Art Practice
Play is my practice.
Whimsy my wonder.
All wonder and play equals whimsy at practice.
Serious ideas collide.
©2024, Suzanne Gibbs, Stitch & So #62 Moon Time, Watercolor, thread, paper stitched to paper, 8 x 8 inches. $40
A dot is never just a dot—it’s an entire universe pretending to be small.
Grids may look obedient, but mine break and leave space.
Slow stitches teach me a lot about patience.
Especially stitching through paper, uncrumpled.
Eventually spaces get filled.
Patterns hold us—until they break.
©2025, Suzanne Gibbs, Fragments of Home #51 Welcome Home, watercolor and thread on cotton paper, 5 x 4 inches. (Not yet listed on my website.)
Playfulness, grief, loss, and love can share the same canvas.
I collect daily chaos and serve it back, gently.
Scraps and fragments from my studio refuse to be nothing—
pieced together, they belong.
My art is what happens when my curiosity won’t shut up.
My silence becomes my story.
I enjoyed frolicking with words this week.
Not sure how much of this is true.
Aphorism: a pity observation that may include truth or a bit of wisdom.
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