Kim Jackson DeBord

Ministries of Sustenance

Ministries of Sustenance-screenprinted and handstitched cotton in wood frame-3' X 8'-2008

Ministries of Sustenance-detail

Ministries of Sustenance-(detail)

Ministries of Sustenance-detail

Ministries of Sustenance-(detail)

Ministries of Sustenance-detail

Ministries of Sustenance-(details)

Ministries of Sustenance-detail

Ministries of Sustenance-(detail)

Ministries of Sustenance-detail

Ministries of Sustenance-(detail)

The Ministries of Sustenance

Text on Samplers, left to right

Top Row

The Orderly Garden

I will partake of the balance of microcosm and macrocosm through the fractal symbiosis z of nature and nutrient thus conserving my balanced levels.

The Ideal Egg

I will adopt the egg as an ideal food source that advocates sustenance and renewal.

The Renewed Water

I will renew and purify water to cultivate a well of clarity in a cycle of cleansing and hydration.

Active Seed Redemption

I will save seeds as part of an eternal cycle that propagates my orderly garden and directly feeds my balanced wellbeing.

The Restoration of Mending

I will restore productive life and eternal use to all things by the healing action of mending.

Bottom Row

The Ordained Pattern

I will size the geometry of my body to compose garments that are universally tuned skins.

The Harmonious Shelter

I will structure my shelter as home for rest, productiviy and even flow of all cycles.

The Systematic Community

I will develop my systems of living to envelop others in shared cultivation and distributed sustenance.

The Balanced Levels

I will keep my self at a measured preservation of wholeness that inhibits a disintegration of health.

The Everlasting Energy

I will employ the energy of eternal currents and revolutions to power my life.

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