Want to find Courage? Let compassion be your compass. Don’t go looking for the one yelling the loudest at the front of the crowd, Courage isn’t always some powerhouse full of fire and fury. Courage is often a quiet thing who visits us in daily decisions and unsung moments. Courage is the girl sold on the street by one of her mother’s boyfriends before she was 14, who … [Read more...] about Courage/Ometz Lev
Handmade Goodness
Handwork – The Blues
🧵Stitching The Blues🪡 Mixed media experiments — stitched and felted hand dyed wool, remnants of my Nana Ana Brom’s hand dyed silks (and her thread scissors), beads & a tiny message in a bottle sealed with beeswax. … [Read more...] about Handwork – The Blues
Allegory of the Long Spoons
Imagine that hell is a dinner party. There is a long table in a grand hall filled with delicious food but the guests are miserable. No one is able to eat because they are forced to use long spoons that cannot reach their mouths. They have so much but they are still starving and suffering. Imagine that heaven it’s a dinner party. There is a long table winding … [Read more...] about Allegory of the Long Spoons
Make It Happen: 9 Stories from Working Women of the World
It isn't common knowledge that International Women’s Day began as International Working Women’s Day as a response to the working conditions in garment factories where so many laboured. Intended as a day of solidarity for women of all classes to acknowledge the struggles of working women and join their call for improved conditions, wages, and equal rights the theme for … [Read more...] about Make It Happen: 9 Stories from Working Women of the World
Music + Makers: Only The Mighty
Music + Makers is a new series that highlights musicians and makers to share how making can connect our heads, hearts, and hands across mediums. We pick an album by a musicmaker who is crafting beautiful songs and pair them with handmakers who are also exploring similar themes or feelings in their work. Only The Mighty by Kim Harris Originally from Corner Brook, … [Read more...] about Music + Makers: Only The Mighty
