by StaceyHB | Feb 23, 2009 | Travel, Weaving
I susbscribe to VAV Magasinet. This is a recent subscription and during my perusal of the latest VAV magazine, I realised how narrow my awareness of the weaving world actually is. I thought that I was relatively up on weaving traditions internationally, but then I...
by StaceyHB | Feb 15, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
I love words. They have the power to harm or to heal, to empower or to reduce, to inspire or to deflate. I try to write a journal most days and I do that in the mornings, before the day’s tasks and “must dos” get in the way. It’s a stream of consciousness thing –...
by StaceyHB | Feb 11, 2009 | Art, Psychology, Weaving
One of my students was talking about the artistic temperament at lunch today. It started a discussion about differences in how we all perceive the world. I remembered some of my experiences with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and going on tour, and how some...
by StaceyHB | Feb 9, 2009 | Philosophy, Weaving
Views change in different conditions. What an ambiguous statement. Do I mean views as in opinions? Or views as in vistas? Actually this morning I mean vistas. I was walking Charlie along a familiar route, but the weather was very misty and very cold – snow topped...
by StaceyHB | Feb 1, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Weaving
One of the books I am reading at the moment is called 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by Roger-Pol Droit. It’s full of different exercises you can try to see deeper than the surface of things. The second exercise in the book – Empty a Word of Its...
by StaceyHB | Jan 29, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Weaving
When you hit the zone and work is easy, isn’t it wonderful? But what do you do when the inspiration, and the energy, runs out? Well, that happened to me today – not for the first time, I might add. Sometimes I just finish the sample or scarf that I’m weaving, and...
