I noticed the captivating title: "Interwoven-Womens Lives Written in Thread" on the banner of the Concord Museum. The Family Trees exhibit is also presented, as it is every year, and it piques one's imagination as to how a story can be captured on a Christmas Tree.
However, the "Interwoven-Womens Lives Written in Thread" was a surprisingly poignant display of life, and of loss, on a sampler. In a society, now, where we ignore the pain of the death of a loved one while we go about our busy lives, it was riveting to see how very cathartic, contemplative and healing a sampler repaired one's soul, a stitch at a time. Lovely and lasting, loss and grief was carefully stitched as a tribute to a loved one. The many hours it took for this intensely personal piece to be completed, allowed, I am sure, the artist to work through the tender period of grief and loss. If you can, go to this exhibit. It puts everything in perspective. Karen Boyce
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