I think the value of mended over discarded, maybe especially applies to relationships as well. Somehow it always feels harder yet more worth the effort. A 7 yr old granddaughter observed to her grandmother with great sense of discovery that "every good story has a bad part in it."
I really, really like the idea of repair as an act of love. Well actually, more enthralled than merely like. It also occurs to me that what has been repaired or mended often still carries with it the wounds of what needed repairing in the first place. This is a good thing as I recall folks who have been and are "wounded healers."
And now a shameless recommendation for which I am receiving no remuneration--Do read the novel "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus. The entire thing is about repairing and mending in every way you can imagine it.
As always Caro, you are so on the money! Your next project is to harness this bi-monthly marvelous well of insight, that you so generously provide to your adoring readers , into a consolidated Survival Manual for All…!!! Or you start a series of children’s books! I’ve already reserved 💝
Paulus Berensohn, known potter, dancer, journal maker and mender, once gave a workshop wholly dedicated to mending. He embodied such a gentle, kind, loving radiance as we watched his graceful long fingers bring life and love back into the piece of cloth he was working on. As his thread wove in and out in and out, so did his stories weave in and out of the air, round and through our hearts as he prattled on quietly, urging humanity to slow down and take good care. Love repairs. Hence the images and stories here in your piece speak to me. So tender, that last photo! Thank you
I think the value of mended over discarded, maybe especially applies to relationships as well. Somehow it always feels harder yet more worth the effort. A 7 yr old granddaughter observed to her grandmother with great sense of discovery that "every good story has a bad part in it."
I really, really like the idea of repair as an act of love. Well actually, more enthralled than merely like. It also occurs to me that what has been repaired or mended often still carries with it the wounds of what needed repairing in the first place. This is a good thing as I recall folks who have been and are "wounded healers."
And now a shameless recommendation for which I am receiving no remuneration--Do read the novel "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus. The entire thing is about repairing and mending in every way you can imagine it.
As always Caro, you are so on the money! Your next project is to harness this bi-monthly marvelous well of insight, that you so generously provide to your adoring readers , into a consolidated Survival Manual for All…!!! Or you start a series of children’s books! I’ve already reserved 💝
Paulus Berensohn, known potter, dancer, journal maker and mender, once gave a workshop wholly dedicated to mending. He embodied such a gentle, kind, loving radiance as we watched his graceful long fingers bring life and love back into the piece of cloth he was working on. As his thread wove in and out in and out, so did his stories weave in and out of the air, round and through our hearts as he prattled on quietly, urging humanity to slow down and take good care. Love repairs. Hence the images and stories here in your piece speak to me. So tender, that last photo! Thank you
Yes, the action of repair IS indeed love itself, at least one form of it. 🌱
I love you, Caroline. Hugs to you and your entire crew.!!