Category: Reflection

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Winding Path

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After my assault, the first time I felt connected to myself again was making a Pomo style basket in a workshop with Corinne Pearce (https://corinepearce.com/). It’s notable to me that these crafts – cordage, basketweaving, all crafts to make something to carry and connect – also begin with something turning, or spinning asymmetrically to make symmetry. These processes also helped this out of balance rape survivor return to my center. Recently, I was spending time at a skillshare gathering hosted by Steph Rue (https://www.stephrue.com/fieldnotes/cordage-gathering), where she and friend Tanya Lieberman shared methods of spinning cordage from tule fiber in the… read more

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Aum Mani Padme Hum

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Aum/Om – ॐ – The well known four part syllable meaning birth “oh”, life “ooommm”, death “mmmm”, and liberation silence – Represents the Rulers of creation Ma – म – First syllable for Jewel, symbolic for spiritual rewards – Represents the demigods Ni – णि – Second syllable for Jewel – Represents us humans Pad – प – First syllable for Lotus, symbolic for wisdom from muck – Represents animals in all their instinctual innocence Me – द्मे – Second syllable for Lotus – Represents “hungry ghosts” which are beings where “food turns to ash in their mouths” Hum/Hung –… read more