ROOM ON THE LEFT: an old video

Sunday, October 6, 2013

an old video

this is an old(ish) video
but what she says still holds as to why
we are still working with our hands
can you imagine someone taking away our yarn and needles
or whatever it is you do with your hands
unimaginable

I found it on
Andi's blog
and thought you might like to see it too
this beautiful lady puts our feelings into words
so eloquently

1 comment:

ElaineOctober 10, 2013 12:26 PM
That was fascinating video, she expresses it so well. I've never seen a stone drop spindle before, how simple but effective!! Makes me want to go spin some lush yarns now :)
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here she comes...

I am standing by the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze

and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength,

and I stand and watch

until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud

just where the sun and sky come down to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says, ‘There she goes!

Gone where? Gone from my sight – that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar

as she was when she left my side

and just as able to bear her load of living freight

to the places of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says,

‘There she goes! ‘ ,

there are other eyes watching her coming,

and other voices ready to take up the glad shout :

‘Here she comes!’

Henry Van Dyke, 19th century