Remember Kim

     I couldn't remember her last name this morning, but thanks to the internet and to Blogger, I found Kimberly Davis again.  Her voice, her kindness, her creative spirit are all alive and well on the internet, these few years after she died unexpectedly, and far too young, in the midst of a remarkable life. For a sense of her spirit, see this post on "Ordinary Superpower" on her blog:  http://kimatsyao.blogspot.com/2010/07/
     Kim was one of my inspirations in fiber arts.  She was a teacher, a leader, an entrepreneur, a guiding light.  She was co-founder and co-owner (with Cynthia Spencer) of a shop called Stitch Your Art Out in the tiny town of Pine Grove Mills, PA.  Women were drawn to her and the shop for fabric and sorority. Kim led us in many "Block of the Month" adventures and other "Creativity" expeditions.
     I signed up for one advanced class, and at the first session I felt that I was too much of a novice to participate with so many expert quilters.  Kim calmed me and assured me that we would achieve this together, one step at a time, and we did.
     Still, there are many fabrics in my collection that remind me of the project with Kim that occasioned their purchase.  She was fearless in her own art and in guiding the rest of us to create from our own visions.
     After she was suddenly gone from our lives, I realized that she was still with me in so many ways. A poem by e.e. cummings seemed to express this, so I stitched it into a creative project.  Here is the poem and here is the piece I call "Remember Kim."

in time of daffodils(who know the goal of living is to grow) forgetting why,remember how in time of lilacs who proclaim the aim of waking is to dream, remember so(forgetting seem) in time of roses(who amaze our now and here with paradise) forgetting if,remember yes in time of all sweet things beyond whatever mind may comprehend, remember seek(forgetting find) and in a mystery to be (when time from time shall set us free) forgetting me,remember me