Have you ever noticed that when things aren't going well people of all religions tend to do the same thing? We pray for guidance, a sign of where we are supposed to go next and what we are supposed to do. We pray for strength, or Luck, or whatever we think will get us through the mess we are in right now. Pagans may do spells but they mostly amount to prayers, Hindus and Buddhists meditate to achieve clarity and strength... it's all the same really. We reach outside ourselves towards something or someone we hope will help us through.
I've been praying a lot recently, and crocheting a lot. For me sometimes crocheting is prayer since the bond between the manipulation of thread and yarn is identified with fate in so many of the ancient cultures. And as I've said many times there is something intrinsically magical about taking a single thread and making a garment or blanket out of it. And it's nice to make beautiful things.
But there is often in my head the dark voice that tells me I'm wasting my time. How could anyone but myself see these things as being of any value? And I tell myself that *any* act of creation is valuable; sometimes I even believe it too. But in the end, like a blind woman I reach for the next pattern, ball of yarn, and hook and go back to praying. Right now it's really all I can do.
I've been praying a lot recently, and crocheting a lot. For me sometimes crocheting is prayer since the bond between the manipulation of thread and yarn is identified with fate in so many of the ancient cultures. And as I've said many times there is something intrinsically magical about taking a single thread and making a garment or blanket out of it. And it's nice to make beautiful things.
But there is often in my head the dark voice that tells me I'm wasting my time. How could anyone but myself see these things as being of any value? And I tell myself that *any* act of creation is valuable; sometimes I even believe it too. But in the end, like a blind woman I reach for the next pattern, ball of yarn, and hook and go back to praying. Right now it's really all I can do.
