gloating over the books we had made - they unfold in four
directions to hold words of wisdom, wit or whimsey, drawings,
doodles or diagrams or whatever else takes our fleeting fancy
and in the end shows us who we are.
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India had one more surprise in store for us, in the late afternoon
we stitched onto flimsy prefelts, covering them on both sides for
we stitched onto flimsy prefelts, covering them on both sides for
stability, wetting them and felting them a little and thoughtfully
gathering more windfalls for their dye process, this time as a
farewell to this beautiful place we had worked in.
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Just before dark, our bundles went into yet another witches'
cauldron to soak up the magic over night.
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inspecting all our fished out bundles
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the firt evening and our individual wrapping technique, and
spreading it out for all to see.
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Pegging them on the line and yet again admiring our handiwork.
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cloak ready for additions on other journeys.
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steps having farewelled her students after a job well done.
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It still amazes me how India, being well centered herself could,
in her quiet way take a disparate grup of women and by tranquil
stitching, folding, felting and dyeing and making string, imbue
them all with her own inner peace.
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Hi Arija! You have certainly had a wonderful time! I remember that when I was still active in the "women for peace" movement we had our gatherings on weekends. Those were the days!
ReplyDeleteI have so enjoyed following your "Enfoldments" experience, Arija! Thanks for sharing the wisdom and the beauty with us! Have a great week!
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fascinating. what an enriching experience this must have been for you. thanks for sharing.
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ReplyDeletebeautiful post, this looks like it was a cool experience to do as a group!
I think this was a moving experience and I very much enjoyed reading your posts about it.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this post so much. Looks like a wonderful experience and I love your photographs of it.
ReplyDeleteQuite interesting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool post Arija. I loved it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
B.
What an incredible experience that must have been. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteAaah, such a lovingly spiritual experience. I would love to have been enfolded within those pages.
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This was a story that I wish had no end.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is a washing line that I wish was mine ;>}
AAAAAAWWWWWWW! This is wonderful and a bittersweet ending of a great retreat. Yes, India sure is centered! She looks so kind and gentle, a beautiful spirit even though she is world-famous!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your report. It sounds heavenly. all the work on the line makes me want to be a part of it all!
ReplyDeleteA most interesting retreat that clearly evokes fond memories.
ReplyDeleteOh this all looks so much FUN and So Inspirational... such beautiful fabrics!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are surprised that your daughter has your wonderful traits and abilities...I'm not...what a lovely book.... You asked about my camera. It's a Canon Rebel..I think it is also called the 450D SLR, but there are newer cameras available now...I like the image stabilization it has, but other cameras have that also...Michelle
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful creations you made, and a lovely retreat!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely blog and such an interesting post this one. I enjoyed reading it a lot..something very new to me. Happy week ahead.
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ReplyDeletekiora Arija this is Tiara your blog is so inspiring, I have spent the day avoiding the job at hand which is working on my assignment that is due tomorrow. So tomorrow will be a big day. I hope we can meet again soon, I realy enjoyed your words of wisdom
ReplyDelete........yes the spirit moved me and it makes me happy to look at this foto.
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