Notes Occupied With Resistance: Rolling Up Jeans
As I was rolling up the cuffs of my jeans, the denim kept thickening, resisting my attempts at rolling. I found myself wanting to stop, when i realized that it as a sign that my hand was weak – not that the material was strong.
Mind has an inherent desire for good, every movement valuable. Don’t let natural resistanceput you off.. Resistance is more a sign that that the particular, the momentary is precisely what you need to work on/go through/pass through.
I carried on rolling. I’d won.
1.18.2011
Occupied With Resistance
Rolling up the cuffs,
Denim thickening, resisting
With each fold.
Wanting to break off, let go
(it is her natal weakness)
Seizing stitch
And see it as a sign.
It isn’t that the cuff was strong:
The hand was weak.
Occupied With Resistance 1.21.2012
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Arlene Corwin
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