Ariadne's thread

'Ariadne's thread, named for the legend of Ariadne, is the term used to describe the solving of a problem with multiple apparent means of proceeding - such as a physical maze, a logic puzzle, or an ethical dilemma - through an exhaustive application of logic to all available routes. It is the particular method used that is able to follow completely through to trace steps or take point by point a series of found truths in a contingent, ordered search that reaches a desired end position. This process can take the form of a mental record, a physical marking, or even a philosophical debate; it is the process itself that assumes the name.' wiki quote

Below are images from a collaborative project done in  2008 with Mela Fitzgibon and Susan Buret and myself  making   'the thread' ... all phrases, words,  sentences, notions, questions etc,  intuitively arose from the making and were stitched by hand,  The thread was made in parts and the parts were swapped between us  so that we picked up where each other had left off ... then the whole was stitched together ... it is very very long.


excert of thread ...

'... umbilical thread cut red rosso rouge . . . changing place changing time changing thoughts changing future tu moi manqué cloud threads tenuous hold aloft await clockwise re-arrive ----- undertow drags and swallows envelop me now whispering low to the lavender dusk sky remembered  weighing time too lightly shines from the mirror smeared . . . reflected secrets  oh blissful oblivion life on its way returns to a mist, its quickness is its quietness again : existence of this world of things and men renews their never needing to exist in emptiness . . . oh me oh my sigh lightly leaving perfumed trails musk frankincense and amber ~ haunting forgetful minds * threading mystic messages silenced tongues wagging truths and lil’ white lies unravel knots deceitful promises sing a mournful song in muffled tones her sorrow bleeds from flesh and heart alike euphoric blessing washing over pain memory fall in light entering flesh raw red wet space within holding stuck releasing heat shrouded in white sheet...'

by Majena Mafe
spinning the thread from the throat