How fascinating that you open with time spent in Northeast Scotland. I recognise the scattering of attention and thought, and the need to make. With busy hands we divert our minds briefly; none of it goes away, but it gives us time to rebalance before stepping back onto the wire.
Hi, Freya. When you described the old house in Norway where you lived, and how the German occupation's presence still lingers in the trenches, it sent a shiver through my spine.
Thank you for this wonderful reminder of that feeling of temporal depth, of connecting to those who came before us through the stones they laid and left in the landscape and the craft skills we inherit.
As a long time knitter who has turned her stitches into an act of resistance (remember the pink pussy hats?) and garments for not only my family but for those who are in need, I resonate with the act of making/creating as a way of bringing meaning and change into the world. Lovely post. I always appreciate what you have to say.
Loved your words and the idea of belonging to the chain of creation. We all must stand up now to the evil and write and create art.
(Trondheim is where my mother's family came from. )
Yes yes yes. Going to think about the vertical versus horizontal.
How fascinating that you open with time spent in Northeast Scotland. I recognise the scattering of attention and thought, and the need to make. With busy hands we divert our minds briefly; none of it goes away, but it gives us time to rebalance before stepping back onto the wire.
Hi, Freya. When you described the old house in Norway where you lived, and how the German occupation's presence still lingers in the trenches, it sent a shiver through my spine.
Thank you for this wonderful reminder of that feeling of temporal depth, of connecting to those who came before us through the stones they laid and left in the landscape and the craft skills we inherit.
As a long time knitter who has turned her stitches into an act of resistance (remember the pink pussy hats?) and garments for not only my family but for those who are in need, I resonate with the act of making/creating as a way of bringing meaning and change into the world. Lovely post. I always appreciate what you have to say.