Before the weaver can work the magic of turning plain threads into intricate, patterned cloth, she must be able to hold the pattern in her head, creating the entire piece in her imagination before the first thread touches the loom.
What are you able to see in your imagination that you haven’t yet been able to create?
If you looked at this tree from higher up, you might see it as a bunch of individual trees all leaning away from one another, rather than a single tree reaching out its branches. Perhaps we look at humanity from a perspective too far from the roots.
What most deeply connects you to others?
Students form themselves into study groups on the assumption that we can learn from each other, that each of us brings our own skills and needs, and together we have access to more complete information than we would on our own.
What do you wish you could learn about in a group of people with differing perspectives?
Perhaps you thought socks were supposed to come in matched pairs, each with an identical mate. But maybe even socks get to be unique individuals, traveling in the company of another who has their own color and pattern entirely.
If you have a mate, what is the most remarkable difference between the two of you?
“Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.”
―Rumi
How would you describe your way of being with the mystery?
