This is a video of me making a dream catcher. It is not very exciting - unless you want to learn to make a dreamcatcher... I did want to learn, so many years ago I asked a delightful Native American man I met in a rock shop to teach me. He promised he would, I promised to return as soon as I could for my lesson. He just smiled. A few nights later, I had a dream: Just hands making a dreamcatcher, a little like my video.
A few months passed before I got back down around Mt. Ida and Clarence's rock shop was empty and boarded up. There may be many things about making dreamcatchers that I do not know but I will always honor Clarence by making them the way he taught me. The one thing I am trying to show and not sure I got it across is that the string is twisted and looped, not knotted. Other than that, wonky, weird and wonderful is fine. It is fitting if they are as unique as dreams!
(I DO apologize for the poor camera work, trying to make this wrapped around a camera was tricky. I needed the natural light to see, so there is glare to contend with... just pretend you are dreaming too!)
I do not meditate by sitting in the lotus position and Ohming. I meditate by giving my hands something to do that can absorb my thoughts - then I can find inner silence. It is a little harder these days, there is almost always someone else in the house and to really get myself into a trance-like place I need silence. Yesterday I was able to turn everything off - I even unplugged the fridge for a while - and just basked in the stillness... Blissful!
This is my contribution to this project by @cabelindsay:
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Edit: I just found this challenge, and I think my post fits it also for the Sunday / crafts topic.
@aoart/win-up-to-10-sbd-introducing-how-to-monday-day-2-of-of-how-to-weeky-contest