Is our attire prescribed by religious, ethnic or cultural mores?
How do we express our true self in the clothes we wear?
Does it matter?
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Is our identity reflected in the clothes we wear?
Is our attire prescribed by religious, ethnic or cultural mores? How do we express our true self in the clothes we wear? Does it matter?
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Do clothes maketh the man?
How are we pressured into conforming into a certain dress code? How do our clothes express who we are? Does how we dress influence our ability to contribute in our community - workplace, leisure groups, neighbourhood? How comfortable in our own self do we have to be to dress as we please? Percival is a free-wheeler.
He has one hand on the ground, building on a firm foundation, remaining grounded. But he is not intransigent. He is open to opportunity and possibility and change. He welcomes new experiences, which reveal a new way of being. Percival is vulnerable but wonderfully strong and resilient. I smile whenever I pass him by:-) Aaleyah is a commission for a very dear friend.
She carries a prayer in her pocket ... Christ Has No Body Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, Yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world. Christ has no body now on earth but yours. Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) Harvey is the final chap in a series exploring the desirable qualities in a male partner.
He walks in a relaxed manner, carrying only what is necessary for the journey, leaving baggage and expectations behind. As I stitched and pondered, I came to realise that the qualities I admired in a man were the same character traits I admired in any friend, and even more so, the qualities I hope I can grow in myself. Thich Nhat Hahn wrote,
"When we learn to love and understand ourselves and have true compassion for ourselves, then we can truly love and understand another person." I believe in the wonderful, empathetic healing power of the wounded healer. Out of our pain, we are able to reach out to others. When we share our authentic story, we enable and empower and encourage others. William embodies this as he lays naked, vulnerable, wounded. But he is still able to reach out and connect with others. ![]() I was in the library helping a friend hang her textile art in Toi Tangata. On the shelf close by, I spied a book by Carol Meldrum called "Knit Yourself A Boyfriend". I chuckled at the title and brought it home. There were instructions to knit a fireman or a chef or a rock star.
I started thinking about the qualities I would like in a male partner ... I had wanted to explore doll making with the male form and designed a pattern which was broader and taller than its female counterpart. Moby was the first of five. As he was created from a scrap of donated fabric, I realised that I appreciate a person comfortable in their own skin, not pressured into becoming what someone else would like them to be. ee cummings wrote, "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." As I lay out the pattern for Richard,
I was thinking that this should be a character of delight; a person surprised by joy in the small things; a person who is as delighted by the rising sun and a tank of colourful guppies as by the awesomeness of a solar eclipse. Delight is a cause for pause, a moment to be enveloped in wonder and awe, a time to smile. Rumi wrote, "Every object, every being is a jar full of delight." |
AuthorI am Liz Pearce. Making dolls allows my soul to sing and my spirit to soar. The dolls are companions for my journey. Categories
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