Wisdom of Trees-Shannon Conley

I've finished my entry for our Wisdom of Trees call!  This turned out to be one of my "quarantine quilts". I live alone, and in common with many people for a lot of this spring my only interaction with people was through zoom meetings!

My family in particular kept me connected, meeting twice a week for celebration of the Episcopal liturgies of  Morning and Evening Prayer and at other times in between for games and conversation.  My mind kept coming back to the idea of connections, of our virtual connections keeping me grounded even in the absence of in-person interactions, and the idea of a tree connecting us and it's roots keeping us grounded really spoke to me.

On each panel, I have written the prayer of St. Chrysostom, the prayer with which we close our services.  Its line "and you have promised...that when two or three are gathered together in his name, you will be in the midst of them" has turned into a mantra for me as I continue to move forward in this chaotic time.  The tree was sunprinted over the 8 panels, and the separate panels are held together by thin lines of stitching.

"You will be in the midst of them."

-Shannon