Weaving PRACTICE

The beings who come to weaving — spiders, birds, beavers, humans — all experience it as an ongoing process. Weaving results from methodical preparation, delayed gratification, and physical tension: the preparation hidden within the result. Weaving mirrors life.

Weaving is a restorative practice and act of submission to structure. When abiding by rules, tensions, and natural capacities of weaving materials, I feel no more nor less significant than any other weaving being. The act of weaving creates an atmosphere that belongs to the natural order. It extends the life of sheep, nettle, cotton, and trees. In weaving, utilitarian and spiritual well-being are unified. Weaving is a moving mediation.

In my experience, the weaving ritual chooses the weaver. Textile processes teach humility and produce patience and devotion. I perceive weaving as an act that takes place outside of time. The work shrinks my conceptions of self-interest and energetically integrates me into the fibers of the universe, both their spinning and their unraveling or deterioration.