This quilt explores the inherent duality of "make peace" and "disturb peace” and the boundary between the two. While making peace is often viewed as a virtuous goal—personally or globally—the quilt suggests that disturbing peace can be equally necessary, potentially leading to positive change. The piece questions when survival demands sacrificing personal identity to maintain peace, and conversely, when one must disturb peace to reclaim freedom or preserve a nation's soul. The quilt also reveals a personal narrative, with embroidered phrases encouraging the viewer to reconcile with their past self and to protect their future serenity.

Peace. What does “make peace” mean to you? What about “disturb peace?” The dual concepts of “make peace” and “disturb peace” are antagonistically opposed and mutually exclusive, but is one more virtuous than the other? 

Making peace can be thought of as an ultimate goal - both personally and globally. One may strive for inner peace and wish for peace on Earth. 
Disturbing the peace is a criminal offense. War is an evil of man. 
Yet, to make peace in a relationship is often an act of survival. Disturbing peace can often be, to paraphrase Congressman John Lewis, necessary good trouble.

Would you “make peace” in order to survive, even if it means losing some of yourself? Would you disturb peace in order to maintain/reclaim your personal identity and freedom, the identity and freedom of others, or the soul of your country?

make/disturb was an exercise in refining my conceptual interests during @heidiparkes yearlong class. While constructing the quilt, I pondered the themes of folklore (e.g., heterochromia), translations of artistic works (i.e., Standing Woman by Joan Miro), duality of peace, passage of time, healing, and well-being. 

One of the more potent lessons Heidi taught us was that there can be multiple layers to the story a quilt can tell. The universal story of this quilt is readily visible, focusing on the duality of the phrases “make peace” and “disturb peace.” However, if you are curious enough to look further, the quilt also tells a more personal story of a woman standing, looking at her past and her future: “make peace with all the women you once were” (line from the poem “I have been a thousand different women” from the book #MadeofRivers by @emoryhall) and “don’t let any motherf*cker disturb your peace” (card from @listenb.tch affirmation deck).