by StaceyW | Mar 2, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology
I’ve been reading an old book by an author called Eric Williams. He was a pilot in the Second World War and his book is called The Tunnel, and is about escaping from captivity. His first confinement was in a small cell and brought back to my mind Nelson Mandela’s...
by StaceyW | Feb 15, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
I love words. They have the power to harm or to heal, to empower or to reduce, to inspire or to deflate. I try to write a journal most days and I do that in the mornings, before the day’s tasks and “must dos” get in the way. It’s a stream of consciousness thing –...
by StaceyW | Feb 8, 2009 | Life
I love that word! It holds a whole world of surprise, fun, exploration! I’ve been weaving some more samples today (what a surprise!), and I got all excited again about the possible choices I had to weigh up. As soon as you start something, something else pops...
by StaceyW | Feb 1, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Weaving
One of the books I am reading at the moment is called 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by Roger-Pol Droit. It’s full of different exercises you can try to see deeper than the surface of things. The second exercise in the book – Empty a Word of Its...
by StaceyW | Jan 29, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Weaving
When you hit the zone and work is easy, isn’t it wonderful? But what do you do when the inspiration, and the energy, runs out? Well, that happened to me today – not for the first time, I might add. Sometimes I just finish the sample or scarf that I’m weaving, and...
by StaceyW | Jan 19, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Travel
The first thing I need to do on this posting is to apologise to Jo Earl for giving her a new first name and mis-spelling her surname!! My humble apologies, Jo. I’m still on US time at the moment, despite having arrived back in the UK on Saturday. My flight was...
