Kim Jackson DeBord
Ministries of Sustenance-screenprinted and handstitched cotton in wood frame-3' X 8'-2008 |
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Ministries of Sustenance-(detail) |
Ministries of Sustenance-(detail) |
Ministries of Sustenance-(details) |
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.