Description:

The creation of this hat was the result of a special confluence of the theme of this year's auction and some yarn I found while looking for yarn for the shawl I also knit for the GSAFE auction. Independent dyer Holly Madison at Blue Barn Fibers, https://bluebarnfiber.com/, in North Carolina created her spring collection based on poems by poet Andrea Gibson. The colorway that I loved, and which matched the theme for the Auction, which was "Creation is Louder than Destruction", based on the final stanza of Andrea's poem "Yellow Bird." Picasso said he'd paint with his own wet tongue on the dusty floor of a jail cell if he had to. We have to create; it is the only thing louder than destruction; it is the only chance the bars are gonna break. Our hands full of colour reaching towards the sky- a brush stroke in the dark. It is not too late. That starry night- it is not yet dry." Although Andrea has now left us, her words provide us with reminders of the power of creation to change what is to what should be, and the work continues. The words on the hat read "Create + Resist+" around the hat. I designed the hat, so there is no pattern available.

Dimensions:

20" Adult Medium

Artist Statement:

I knit for GSAFE in honor of the many friends and mentors who are members of the LGBTQ+ community. I owe them a debt of gratitude for many years of support and mentorship throughout my career and in my personal life.