My consciousness of being, contains a spiral of the elements and compass of direction in which we understand self and journeying the planes of our existence within the mind and with the planet. The rhythm of the earth sways us with the energy of life flowing past or knocking yourself out to bring notice to something that plagues our personal bodies and minds. Like a blockage within one of our chakras. Our ancient connection to the ancestors of this land and our guides and mentors, along the journey of life. The self incarnating and metamorphosizing like a moth emerging from silk, caught in a silly war with themselves. There are many folklore and metaphor about the tapestries we all weave as we navigate our ever-changing environments. We all have a story to tell. Mine resides within my ikagai, knitting my tapestry of life and connections through the concept of close-knit communities.
In our expansive generational divide, our black and white thinking, technology and mental health trends, everyone speaks a different language intertwined within the urban habitat. The connection to spiritual self is often lost within general society and yet aspects of it are everywhere in health and wellness trends, such as yoga. If we look at the new disability epidemics such as mental health and autism spectrum disorder. Wellness is essential though it is possible we can find new ways to communicate and play. As much folklore tells the story of the tapestries of our lives, like that one of the red string or the story of weaving our own tapestries within our individualized strings of wants needs and desires. I feel as though knit has become the modern fabric in terms of fashion in a post-pandemic world. Such things as athleisure has become our most modern day trend for those working from home or generally looking for more stretch and comfort within their clothing. How could we bridge knit and communication. Looking at it through the lens of color and texture, and craft counter movements. We could find throughout history craft and communication has been aligned. Previously as a form of women’s work through things like the Civil and World Wars. Craft has always been a means of undercover communication between women in craft circles. If we look at current trends and the ease of movement within knitting over weaving we can find most crafters are knitters and crocheters in our current day.
Whether we are completely subscribing to capitalist ideals or in the interworking of doing our part to help save the planet. We all know how important community is to recovery of addiction and mental health issues. There is one aspect of reality that many people seem to forget which is play. We are caught up in the everyday of purgatory of living our lives as we seem fit. How could we redirect, come together, and find new ways of play in our lives today. Many rely on having children to help us unlock the lost pieces of ourselves that inspires play and creativity.
Within this project I’m looking at the current state of our planet in Apothroscene. An era that began in 1980’s due to globalization of America’s economy. How can we make this purgatory of our bodies shift from this hierarchy of power over other humans and nature move into more of a Renaissance of life within sustainability and utopian design thinking strategies.
